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Toledo Spain, Not Toledo Ohio
We spent our last adventuring days in Spain in the wonderfully medieval town of Toledo. Famous for being the long-term residence of the painter "El Greco", we explored the old city as much as we could in the one day we spent there. We visited the El Greco house museum, admired Toledo steel and ate chocolate from a store that's been there since the …
Swords and El Greco
... old town from the site and we were well and truly frozen when we arrived on our first morning. The old town stands proud on a hill and we got to the top via the Escalares Mechanica ( a series of large outdoor escalators ) . The boys loved this of course. Toledo is famous for its blades and there are lots of swords for sale in the various tourist shops. For some reason Caroline thought it would be a good ...
Toledo
... café stops for James – cokes were often the highlight of the day for him. Took him to the torture museum which had some really gruesome instruments in – amazed anyone committed crimes faced with those punishments. Used by the Spanish inquisition for those whose faith was waning. Remember taking Tom and Jack to the same in Spain when they were young and they enjoyed it just as much – boys love horror – the more gruesome the better.
After the ...
"Holy Toledo"
Today was the school-organized excursion to Toledo. It was an early start to the day, but every one slept on the bus. Toledo is a small city, even smaller than Salamanca, I think, but a very beautiful one. It is filled with old cathedrals, mosques, and synagogues. There were some really beautiful old buildings and skinny alley-like streets all over the place. There were also tons ...
"Nueve meses de invierno y tres meses de infierno"
... slightly cooked with an egg yolk in the middle, which I prefer to the marzipan found in the states. It has the texture of dough, unlike the sugar granule texture of marzipan in the US. If traveling to Toledo, this is a must.
2. Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes.
This monastery was founded by Queen Isabela (esposa of the famous pair of Ferdinand y Isabela), who was a devout ...