Sercotel Hotel San Juan De Los Toledo

... paraded through the streets of Toledo on Corpus Christi day. Of the church’s many chapels, the most interesting is the Mozarabic Chapel where the Visigothic Mass is still said (in Latin) every morning for the Mozarabic community in Toledo.

This afternoon, we are on the train to Seville where our friend, Philip Hurst, will meet us. The three-hour ride is a needed rest from our hyper-tourist pace.

... swords made anywhere else. We visited the workshop of Mariano Zamarano and saw him making swords and knives. His shop is tucked into a little corner of a remote street. Enrique Ponce even had Mariano make his swords. Judging by what’s left of Mariano’s hand, his knives are among the sharpest. We then visited the cathedral, and the museum Santa Cruz, which contains paintings by El Greco (“the Greek,” who was born in Greece, but lived and died in ...

... Valley of the Fallen) in Madrid. On the bus ride there, I talked to a girl in my program who is from Ghana(http://www.luventicus.org/maps/af rica/ghana.html) . We talked a lot about Africa and her studies there. Very friendly girl. She's going to be staying with her mom in a hotel in Valencia. In El Valle de los caidos, there is a basilica that is surrounded by a large forest. In the basilica are the ...

On Saturday morning, we decided to do a half day trip to Toledo, which is only a 30-minute high speed train ride from Madrid, making it a very easy destination. We went to the Atocha Station to get tickets for the 9:20 train; they were already sold out, so be got tickets for the 10:20 train, which gave us an hour to get breakfast and walk around the station. The station itself is really cool, a mix of traditional brick and modern glass. There's a ...

... visited the main synagogue (not as impressive as the cathedral), saw the outside of the painter El Greco's house, and kept walking. Up and down, through narrow streets, other plazas, and through the wall again. We went back to the first sword store we had seen, and Steve bought the Templar sword he had admired in the morning. A real sword... cool! We made our way, slowly and dragging our aching feet, back to the train station, to catch ...

... Of the 4 kids, one started back at school yesterday, one goes later this week, and the other 2 have one more week off. They are going out to one of their country houses in Salamanca tomorrow though, so things will be pretty quiet around the house. As the plan stands right now, I will stay with the family for 2 more weeks, then do one last program before heading back to England and then home! Yes, it's true boys and girls, I actually plan to set foot on Canadian soil this year :)

On Sunday I moved in with the family, and Monday most of them left! So I am here this week with the 4 year old and the two women who work in the house. The challenging part is I speak French and English, and they only speak Spanish! So communication is often interesting, though difficult. I am certainly getting a crash course in basic Spanish though. And they have been very patient and understanding as I madly look up works in my handy ...

... go take care of la senora del gatos. So they literally deposited me on Liz's bed (Carmen is comforting me pobrecita, pobrecita) and I had a true Spanish-style siesta, the best of my life, I'm certain, while Carmen made us a Spanish feast full of the most amazing dishes, which we ate at nine, the typical dinner hour in Madrid. To list the different dishes would be ludicrous, but suffice it is to say that I felt I would never eat again. Ever. Feeling revived, and needing to ...

... Agustín y Esteban). Como una muestra de gratitud la comunidad de Toledo le dedicó este mural, pintado en 1587 por el famoso artista conocido como El Greco. En el templo ingresé con un contingente íntegro de japoneses y como me confundieron con español, no me hicieron abonar entrada.



Paseé un rato por la judería pero como era lunes y en horario del almuerzo, casi todo estaba cerrado, por lo que ...