DAY 4
The next 2 days, while the boys were shooting, us girls went on day trips to other Spanish towns to see what other beautiful sights (and shopping) was out there! Thursday was TOLEDO.
We drove up to beautiful views
Apparently Toledo was originally the capital of Spain until it was outgrown & everything moved to Madrid... above was the original Royal Palace.
The city sits on a hill surrounded by a river
Our first stop was the breathtakingly beautiful Toledo Cathedral
no pictures were allowed inside, but we bought a coffee table book to remember it by. There were such incredible details that I've never seen in any other.
Toledo was definitely a walking town and as we walked from place to place you weren't sure if you were on a street or an alleyway... until either a car came barreling around the corner or it narrowed too skinny for a car.
We stopped at plenty of little shops along the way, but I'm pretty sure not this one...
Next we saw El Greco's famous "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz" painting that was commissioned for this beautiful church (but no pictures allowed once again).
and then on to the Sinagoga de Santa Maria la Blanc (which has ironically been both a synagogue and a church in its life)
We ate lunch at the Parador, overlooking the entire city
what fantastic views of everything we had just discovered!
On our way back we stopped in a town known for its leather goods... and Spain has fine leather goods.
The boys were glad to see us when we arrived back at the end of the day and we joined them for dinner... ALL exhausted!
2 comments:
What a BEAUTIFUL city! And are you girls wearing fur? How pretty! Can't wait to hear more!
LOOK AT YOU THREE IN YOUR MATCHING FUR JACKETS!
I THINK WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT CHURCH/SYNAGOGUE IN MY ARCHITECTURE CLASS. THOSE WHITE ARCHES LOOK VERY FAMILIAR
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