April 2: Holy Toledo!

Above: Toledo Cathedral from the tower of a nearby church.Toledo certainly lives up to its usage in the popular expression - there are so many great religious sights there that we would need a week to see them all properly. But in our six-ish hours there, we managed to squeeze in a huge cathedral, a monastery, a Jesuit church, two synagogues and a mosque. And we also made a couple stops in knife

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by Jour ~ Saturday, April 14, 2007 0 comments

April 2: Madrid to Toledo on the Fast Train

On Monday morning I had to drag myself out of bed at some ungodly hour like 7:00. We were aiming for the 9:20 fast train to Toledo, with 10:50 as a backup to ensure avoiding the disappointment of yesterday. We sat down to breakfast in our hotel as soon as it began at 7:30, and this time we had the place nearly to ourselves and enjoyed fresh scrambled eggs and warm croissants.We then checked out

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by Jour ~ Friday, April 13, 2007 0 comments