Walled city of Toledo

Toledo is a small town around 45 mins from Madrid, and Cam and I decided to take a day trip over to see some old-school Spain. It was pretty cool, a walled city which is known for it's tolerance (coexistence of christians, muslims and jews) and big swords. Every second shop sells huge swords, armour, huge roman warrior hats, etc.etc. And they play up the whole Don Quixote thing as well, there's a Don Quixote walking trail, plenty of figurines and stuff...

01 Cam with Don Quixote

We arrived there, and 5 minutes after leaving the bus stop it started raining so we took shelter in a random marquee tent. Turned out to be a big seafood showcase exhibition, so we took full advantage as the rain and hail started to pour in very tropical fashion, and helped ourselves to some seafood paella and delicious squid. The rain briefly stopped, but drenched us as we were making our way around the small windy cobbled streets towards a bunch of impressive medieval buildings. Sun finally came out and this seemed to put us both in a philosophical state of mind, leading us to ponder ideas of destiny, parallel universes, souls/consciences, etc. as we wandered around old Roman racetrack ruins. The large alcazars, cathedrals, and other huge buildings from gothic to moorish styles were all very impressive and showed us more of the real history of Spain, as opposed to the large history-less city of Madrid.

02 Me with Don Q. (park bench)

03 Roman castle on hill

04 Toledo´s walled city

05 Another fortress wall photo