As Thomas is pretending he is speed racer while going 140km/hr, I'll try to blog and not puke. But I may puke anyways since I am chowing down on some bacon and chese flavored corn chips. Restaurants aren't open yet for the night and we were starving... anyhow, we are headed south. We decided that since we didnt have hotel/apt plans for the next few days and werent tied anywhere, we wanted to go straight to the beach.
We spent the last 24 hours in Toledo. About an hour southwest of Madrid, nestled on a hilltop, overlooking the plains and farms is the magestic little walled town of Toledo. We had a hotel booked here, and upon checking in, we asked the receptionist our go to question where to eat for dinner. She gave us a map of the city and instructed us on how to get up the hill and we were off. We spent a few hours looking at the monuments, sitting in squares and peeking in shops. Streets are not all named, winding and definitely not all on the map... you get where this is going, right? We decided to find the recommended restaurant, and another hour and a half later, finally found it. This is not a big city. It is however filled with steep steps and inclines, that we seemed to traverse forever. We went up and down and in and out. At one point Thomas even followed the map step by step and we still were lost deep in Toledo. We worked our way to a plaza and decided to take the Magellan route to find the restaurant. We headed straight out to the cities edge and went halfway around the hillside and then cut back in. When we finally found the place, we walked down another few flights into cave like rooms in the basement and inhaled our cervezas. Both of us were driping in sweat and legs burning. We had the sampler of meats tapas and a salad topped with cheese and mushrooms. The meats turned out to be in a large cast iron skillet, and lucky for us, we just hiked for a few hours so were able to devour it. During dinner Thomas checked his watch. 12,789 steps ! Holy Toledo.
Today, we woke up late, thanks to jet lag and the blackout curtains of the hotel, and went into town again to take a tour of the Catedral Primada. Construction began in 1227 was completed in 1493. It is incredible and extremely ornate. We got guided tour headsets and spent an hour doing that. More wandering and site seeing then we got on the road.
Now we are driving past giant bull shaped billboards on the highway, anxiously awaiting being able to bask on the the beach and swim in the Med :-)
We spent the last 24 hours in Toledo. About an hour southwest of Madrid, nestled on a hilltop, overlooking the plains and farms is the magestic little walled town of Toledo. We had a hotel booked here, and upon checking in, we asked the receptionist our go to question where to eat for dinner. She gave us a map of the city and instructed us on how to get up the hill and we were off. We spent a few hours looking at the monuments, sitting in squares and peeking in shops. Streets are not all named, winding and definitely not all on the map... you get where this is going, right? We decided to find the recommended restaurant, and another hour and a half later, finally found it. This is not a big city. It is however filled with steep steps and inclines, that we seemed to traverse forever. We went up and down and in and out. At one point Thomas even followed the map step by step and we still were lost deep in Toledo. We worked our way to a plaza and decided to take the Magellan route to find the restaurant. We headed straight out to the cities edge and went halfway around the hillside and then cut back in. When we finally found the place, we walked down another few flights into cave like rooms in the basement and inhaled our cervezas. Both of us were driping in sweat and legs burning. We had the sampler of meats tapas and a salad topped with cheese and mushrooms. The meats turned out to be in a large cast iron skillet, and lucky for us, we just hiked for a few hours so were able to devour it. During dinner Thomas checked his watch. 12,789 steps ! Holy Toledo.
Today, we woke up late, thanks to jet lag and the blackout curtains of the hotel, and went into town again to take a tour of the Catedral Primada. Construction began in 1227 was completed in 1493. It is incredible and extremely ornate. We got guided tour headsets and spent an hour doing that. More wandering and site seeing then we got on the road.
Now we are driving past giant bull shaped billboards on the highway, anxiously awaiting being able to bask on the the beach and swim in the Med :-)
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