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Lesson for Today: I am never in too big of a hurry to check to be sure I´m on the right train.
Greg and I took the train to Toledo today. Imagine our surprise when it left early. After a few minutes it dawned on us that an early train probably isn´t a good thing. We ended up getting off at the first stop and catching the next train back to the main station. By then we´d missed the first train and had to wait for the second one. We caught the second one and were on our way.
Toledo is a beautiful city. It used to be the capital of Spain. We spent the day wandering the streets taking pictures. This will probably come as no surprise to some, but I´m up to almost 400 pictures. Fortunately I have the camera that´s only 2.1 pixels.
Tonight in honor of our last night in Madrid we had Pealla (again) at a restaurant near the train station. It was really good. Now that my stomach is feeling better I´ve been having a good time trying the food and wine. I was even adventerous and tried the green cheese stuff even though I didn´t know what it was.
Tomorrow we are off to Sevilla!
Greg and I took the train to Toledo today. Imagine our surprise when it left early. After a few minutes it dawned on us that an early train probably isn´t a good thing. We ended up getting off at the first stop and catching the next train back to the main station. By then we´d missed the first train and had to wait for the second one. We caught the second one and were on our way.
Toledo is a beautiful city. It used to be the capital of Spain. We spent the day wandering the streets taking pictures. This will probably come as no surprise to some, but I´m up to almost 400 pictures. Fortunately I have the camera that´s only 2.1 pixels.
Tonight in honor of our last night in Madrid we had Pealla (again) at a restaurant near the train station. It was really good. Now that my stomach is feeling better I´ve been having a good time trying the food and wine. I was even adventerous and tried the green cheese stuff even though I didn´t know what it was.
Tomorrow we are off to Sevilla!
posted by J | 10:30 AM
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Be sure to get lost in the twisty turny streets of the old Jewish quarter, Santa Cruz - you will find some amazing little places. You can easily do this on your way to the Alcazar and La Giralda - two of the moorish landmarks in Sevilla. The Alcazar is beautiful and maybe even nicer (but much smaller) than the Alhambrah.
We didn't see it, but I understand that the Universidad de Sevilla is beautiful.
The Cathedral is supposed to be the 3rd largest in the world, and the largest gothic style building in the world.
Sevilla is where I got a terrible respiratory infection and cough. We went to a Farmacia, and with a phrase book and some pantomime, and the pharmacist brought out the perfect medication!
Almost forgot. Because I was sick we didn't get to see any Flamenco while in Sevilla - go see some!
From Sevilla you can take a day trip to Cordoba - about an hour by train. The fabulous Mezquita there is a HUGE mosque held up by these amazing arches, with a silly cathedral plopped in the middle - but it doesn't spoil the overall effect of the mosque. Apparently local moslems would like to reinstate services there, but the Catholic church is resisting.
Way to go Jenn!
Love ya tons!
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