El Refugio de Cristal Toledo
Camino de Valdelechar, 54 Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, 45159, Spain and Canary Islands
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City on a Hill: Toledo
... point to see the city lit up and take more pictures. It was so beautiful, I really wish pictures could capture the experience.
After our pictures, we started the drive home. Another great day in Spain was over, and another day of endless walking, up stairs and down stairs, over and over was done. It was time to rest so we could do it all over again the next day in a different destination.
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The Bells of the Cathedral
... would think that being uphill means eventually you would walk down hill, but I felt like I was forever walking uphill.
Toledo is known for its religious history. At one point, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all flourished in harmony in Toledo. Today we visited many of these sites. The most impressive is the Cathedral. It was built on a site in which a temple and a mosque had existed. The cathedral has gothic influences, and words nor pictures can convey what a ...
In a bar in Toledo...
... what any good traveller will do and followed the nuns in as the bells were ringing, of course this meant having to stay for the entire 90 minute Mass at 7pm midweek with 4 priests and a lot of nuns - in Spanish! And I got time to view the lovely artwork to my hearts content!
I'm exhausted from all that walking and today I also climbed many steps up the Cathedral towers to admire the city from above as I just couldn't stay inside in ...
HOLY TOLEDO!!!!
... and arrived at a church which was according to our tour guide was originally a Moor mosque which was then converted into a chapel. Inside the chapel was one of the most beautiful and amazing works of art I’ve ever seen in the flesh. The artist who painted this oil on canvas work of art was El Greco (the Greek). The masterpiece is called the Lord of Orjaz and it depicts the death of the Lord of Orgaz (basically the mayor of Toledo). However ...
Holy Toledo
... used to. We eat lunch around 2:30/3ish and dinner around 9:30-10:30. I took my first siesta today, and it was amazing!
Today, I visited Alcazar. It was absolutely beautiful. It is the prettiest building that I've seen to date. I thought it was funny when the tour guide told us that the wives and concubines shared living quarters. I can't imagine living with my husband's other wives, let alone his mistresses! In ...


