Toledo

Tried my chances this morning and hoped that someone overslept. The day excursion was booked to capacity so I was either going to somehow sneak on the bus or take someones spot. I didn't have to do either because there was exactly one more seat for one more student to go on. AND no one said anything about paying who and when. So im not going to ask and im not going to remember.

Toledo is only an hour away. This is the second student trip there because of the high demand to go on the first trip. After seeing everything today as well as probably seeing things that most people haven't, I can see why. Weather today was at least 65 once 2:00PM came around

The street were very narrow and concave, I think some sidewalks doubled as roads as well. Navigating in Toledo was near impossible. Our tour guide described it as a labyrinth. We saw "The Burial of Count Organz" El Greco's most famous painting and #5 best classical painting. (according to a group of artists). We were told before going in that pictures and cells were prohibited, but I got a nice pocket shot. El Greco lived and died in Toledo.

Stopped at a cafe for coffee and ended the tour at 2. We had 3 hours to walk around by ourselves. Got lunch at a small restaurant specializing in baked potatoes. I had a tuna bake potato and it wasn't bad. It came with mayonnaise, tomato sauce, corn, and olives. Window shopped for while after. Toledo is known for making blades and knifes. For the lord of the rings movies, they got the swords from Toledo, so we saw a ton of replicas in all the store windows. After that we wanted to see the river running around the city/village. (Tajo river). Zigzagging down hill, we found many lookout points to see the craggy cliffs on the other side of the river. I found some ruins from something that we definitely were not allowed to go in, but we did anyway. After the ruins we hiked along the river taking shots along the way of the bridge and rocks. We took some shots on an old water wheel and then found a really nice lookout point/ park way outside of Toledo. By then it was time for us to go back.

Go Pack!