Toledo!

Hey guys! Here is a little post about my time in Toledo yesterday! Well to begin, the views were gorgeous (I feel like I say that about everywhere I go). We (Connor one of my roommates and I) arrived just before 11 am and had no idea what we were doing. We just started walking. Which I have no problem with! With us just wandering we ended up right next to Rio Tajo! But I'll get to that eventually. We walked up a huge hill and managed to find ourselves in Alcazar, a museum, public library, and cafeteria! Also, the highest point in Toledo so that was pretty cool. From there we decided to buy tickets for a bus tour which was a little different than we thought. Essentially it just took us around the city. No complaints though! We definitely saw some beautiful views even though the pictures on my phone don't do it justice. 

Speaking of pictures, I just ordered a new camera off of Amazon and it should be here next week! I'm pretty excited because I want to take and keep better pictures of my trip, especially Barcelona which is coming up! 

So back to Toledo. After the bus ride we walked around and found the Cathedral of Toledo. It was huge! But they charged 8 euros just to get in! So we decided we might come back later. More walking and we found the Museo del Greco. Pretty neat and we got in free for showing our student IDs which got our hopes up for other spots. I definitely appreciated the art and one piece of Jesus was really good. However, art has never been a big interest of mine so I wasn't super moved by anything. Next, we found a place to eat lunch and I finally got my first helping of Paella! It was a really good Spanish rice with chicken, mussels, shrimp, and fish! It was only 6 euros too but the waitress scammed us and brought out two pieces of bread (one for Connor and we assumed one for me), but apparently his came with bread and mine didn't. So I paid one more euro. Next was the Monastario de San Juan de los Reyes. Absolutely beautiful but smaller than I anticipated. 

Even more walking lead us to Rio Tajo. This river is probably what most of my pictures ended up being and it was well worth it too. The river completely surrounded the city and was used as protection when Christians, Jews, and Muslims all lived in the city at the same time in harmony. After venturing all the way to the riverside we trekked back up and essentially walked around til we thought we might head home so we'd be home in time for dinner. We missed the 6 o'clock train and thought we might explore just a little more when we found Carnaval in Toledo! I was completely unaware that they did this all over Spain so seeing everyone dressed up and eventually seeing a parade was a nice surprise! Finally, we headed home exhausted. It was definitely a great day trip and I'm glad I can add this to my list of excellent adventures!

You can find all of my pictures from Toledo here: http://s1273.beta.photobucket.com/user/nikot93/library/My%20Excellent%20Adventure%20in%20Toledo