Parador Toledo

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... trying to get out and explore the city a little bit more, and we have found some pretty cool places. We really like the Cable car that give an amazing view of the city, in particular, the Palace.<br><br>We took our first excursion as a group to the city of Toledo, which is about an hour bus ride away from Madrid. It was such a beautiful city. We took a walking tour around the whole city and we were able ...

... are here in Holy Toledo, the place where the Spanish Catholics started to push the Moors out of Spain about 1000 years ago.<br><br>The cathedral was fantastic - and we are beginning to think of ourselves as connaisseurs, having visited Notre Dame in Paris, the church in Sarlat, and fine cathedrals in Amsterdam and Brugges. <br><br>So now it is southward to Seville.<br><br>But first, I need to dash out and swim!<br><br>Randy

... toledo is absolutely gorgeous and it´s situated on a hillside above a river! so cool. the first night we had an amazing dinner at this restaurant called La Abadia. We had a couple of beers at the bar while we waited for a table. they had the most amazing mushroom and olive spread ever! Me and my friend chris shared this quail and mozerella salad that was just amazing and later had some sort of meat...the translation was ...

... picante." He brought back ketchup. When one guy asked for "salsa picante," the waiter brought Tabasco sauce. 2 people from my group ordered "bocadillo tortilla." I was confused, why would they offer a tortilla in between two pieces of bread? I quickly learned that a tortilla in Spain is very different from a tortilla in Mexico. So, at the restaurant, I learned the following: 1.) Bocadillo is a sandwich ...

... rather than a tacky souvenir shop who was willing to "make the best price" for us. In the area of La Mancha, of course we had to have the famous Manchego cheese. So we got a bit of that, another goat cheese, plus some jamon to have our own picnic in the hotel. Add wine and some local pastries called toledanas and I was a happy camper. We were getting used to tostadas con ...

... s typically included on every Madrid visitors (who stays longer than a weekend) list of "must go there" places. It took me more than a year in the capital before I managed to go and see Toledo for myself, and I must say I really liked the city. A place to go back to when friends are visiting I guess. Man you have to spice up your blogs...

... Madrid gehen. Ich fange am Montag um acht Uhr an, was bedeutet, dass ich bereits um sechs Uhr hier auf den Bus muss und die Busstation auch nicht gleich um die Ecke ist. Das sind Ferien!!!! In Toledo gibt es auch sonst nicht gerade viel. Ich denke es ist eine ziemlich verschlafene Stadt, doch sehr gemütlich. Mal schauen, wie sich's entwickelt, wenn die Uni wieder los geht und die Studenten zurückkehren. Ich melde mich wieder, wenn ich mehr zu berichten habe. Adiós amigos! Don Kusi

... of the previous day, I laughed a lot!! On Monday I met with the family, and worked out the job details for the summer. Tuesday sadly turned out to be the end of the line for Spain in the World Cup, as they got beat by France. It was fun watching it with some very passionate Spaniards though!! Thursday Alex returned from San Sebastien where she had hoped to spend the week surfing ...

... looking bars, our prospects were grim, until we spied an inviting looking pizza and sandwich place, which on further inspection had a Texas flag on the inside of the doorway! That clinched the deal (I think I would have even eaten one of the kebobs at this point), and I ended up having the best cheese and onion pizza of my life (or was I just starving?), and a lovely chat with Elizabeth and her friends. The fun was just beginning, however. When Liz and I got back to the apartment ...