Casona de la Reyna Toledo

Last night, for the first time on the trip, we could not get access to the Internet. The hotel's router was down and the pay-as-you-go sign-in screen was a frustrating and unassailable barrier.

We spent this morning at the Toledo Cathedral, considered one of the most beautiful cathedrals in Europe. Chris went before dawn to photograph and I made the 30-minute hike from the hotel about 10 am. The ...

We arrived in Toledo late in the afternoon and after a few pass by's we found the hotel. We took a short nap and then headed out on the bus to the old part of Toledo which is absolutely amazing! The old city of Toledo is located on a mountaintop. It's surrounded on 3 sides by a river ...

... love to see places and to know that there people of different religions could live and florish together… the Sinagoge Maria la Blanca is a testimony!

With so much historical stones, so much immortality in iron and brickwork, the ephemeral figure of Toledo is almost human… still, it is beyond time… its shape is a concession and a defiance to life and death, a monument to short-lived things.

I've had some time to take in all the things I saw in Toledo, while I was uploading my pictures onto Facebook and realizing all the things we did there. I read some visitor reviews of Toledo before we left and got a mixed sentiment; some people said it was magnificent for all the wonderful sights one could catch others said it was a tourist trap that didn't have a good night life. Lucky for me, Emily isn't much of a ...

... likely the last time I will ever set foot in Toledo. It's funny ... somehow it no longer seems as magical here. Perhaps the romantic mystery of Toledo for me resulted only from the smile of a beautiful Spanish girl? It's amazing how a single chance encounter can colour your perceptions and memories of a place. But though things have changed, Toledo will always be a special place for me, and whenever I think of it - I'll still have a smile on my face :)

... in den meisten Städten v**boten ist, da es zu vielen Exzessen kommt. Auf diesem Platz treffen sich die Jungen, um sich ein zu trinken bevor sie in die Bars gehen. An diesem Abend l**nte ich sup** viele Leute kennen, so viele, dass ich mir die Namen auf keinen Fall m**ken konnte. Am nächsten morgen hatte ich keine Chance mehr die Telefonnumm** mit dem Namen dem jeweiligen Gesicht zu zu ordnen. Einige von euch schmunzeln jetzt wahrscheinlich und denken, d** Bareit ...

... so secret that you rang the doorbell and handed in the money and a hand would give out the goodies.. no faces were shown, no eye contacts were made during the whole process. (and no questions asked!) There ...

I love Virgin Atlantic. After our scary flight from Tahiti we got to fly a boeing 747 to Heathrow London. Virgin's planes are super comfy, the food is great and the staff while assertive where helpful. Anyway, after landing in Heathrow and realising 2 coffees would cost us $10 we quitely waited for our flight to Spain. We flew into Madrid's Terminal Four, it's huge, I mean I thought Heathrow was big, but we had to catch a train to pick up our luggage!!! It's ...

... the Spaniard Joaquin Sorolla, was being exhibited in the Museo de Santa Cruz. He was much taken with the city, spending time here in 1906 to paint the cathedral and Old City. He much preferred the city to Madrid and expressed the wish that artisans would inhabit the inspiring town before it sank into a backwater, its historic beauty forgotten. Thanks to tourism Toledo's past remains glorified and admired. However, walking along the El Greco trail I noticed many ...