Renfe. As soon as we got off the train, I headed straight to the bathroom. I was ready to hurl. But I didn't. I only released a loud burp, which made me feel much better, surprisingly.
We began our walk to Toledo. From the train station, it was about a 10-15 minute walk. We arrived at the city's market place which used to be an Arabic meat market. But now it's surrounded by cafes, bakeries, souvenir shops and a McDonald's. We had breakfast at a small cafe. We ordered a tuna salad croissant, a ham and egg croissant, a lemon juice and 2 shots of espresso coffee for about 7 Euros. It was the cheapest meal we had in Madrid.
Here are pictures along the way into Toledo.
After breakfast, we visited the Iglesia De Los Jesuitas and went all the way to the top to get a panoramic view of Toledo.
We continued to wander along the cobble stone streets to the Santa Iglesia Catedral Primada. It was 14 Euros to get it but it was well worth it. It is magnificent inside and out. They don't allow pictures but I couldn't help but to sneak in a few. It is the grandest church I've seen. Ever.
We did a lot of walking around Toledo. We walked through the main streets and zigzagged through the smaller cobble stone streets. I've gained a new found appreciation for pavement. Sure, cobblestone streets might be charming but they are not pretty on the feet. Towards the end of the day, every step was a shot of pain.
We burned so much energy walking the last two days that we were constantly starving. We had dinner when we got back from Toledo but around midnight, we were hungry again. We wandered around the neighborhood where our hotel was and found a kebab place. The owner was a Bangladeshi who immigrated to Spain 10 years ago. He speaks Spanish fluently and English. He also spoke Bangladeshi, Urdi and Hindu. Wow!
Then we stopped by a 24 hour grocery for water and saw that it was owned by a Chinese family. We asked the woman at the register if she liked it here. She said, "I just came here not to long ago so no, I don't." We wished her a good night and left. The both of us wondered how hard it must be and how much courage it must take to come to a new country and start a new life.
What are other great cities to walk around?
Comments (9)
Great pictures!
Seems like a very nice place to visit. The countryside is gorgeous!
I think it would take a tremendous amount of courage to move to another country to live. Heck I am scared to even visit a new country exspecially when I cant speak the language. that owner of the Kebab place is lucky to know so many languages =).
I may never get to visit Teledo but thanks to you I at least saw its beauty!
Lovelovelovelovelovelovelove Spain.
Wish I could have gone to Toledo, damnit. And I enjoyed Renfe, haha! I took it from Granada to Sevilla.
The first two photo, so purple, is it like this naturally, or the lighting, etc make it look this way? curious.
i loved toledo when i was there!
the 2nd picture is my wallpaper now! :)
Toledo was one of my favorite cities when I was in Spain. Did you see the catedral in Seville? It's the 3rd largest in Europe, and staggeringly beautiful.
Toledo is amazing!! I went a few years ago and I want to go back again!
The place is amazing...really worth walking!!! The pics are also cool.....good work...