Hey guys!
Sorry it's been a while! After Madrid, I needed a few days to recover, and then once I did school started getting crazy and I just completely forgot to write! So bear with me, I'm going to do a few posts a little late haha...
This one shall be about Toledo and our final day in Madrid....enjoy yourselves :-)
Alrighty soooo Friday night we went to an AMAZING flamenco show at this little bar a little ways from our hotel. They served fantastic food and we got to sit right in front of this little stage where all throughout dinner dancers and singers performed for us. The dancing was INCREDIBLE, kind of like tap dancing but with more arm work. Those ladies were jacked man. It made me feel pretty terrible about my flabby chicken arms. Anywho...
That night we went out to a club near the hotel which was pretty fun. The dance floor was packed and every now and then a huge cold blast of fog would come down from the ceiling. It was pretty crazy but a really good time!
The next morning we got up for another wonderful breakfast at the hotel (I'm telling you guys, it was spectacular haha) and got on a train to Toledo. Unfortunately for us, it was pouring rain. Helena and I made a mad dash to Corte Ingles (Spanish Macy's essentially) so I could get a sweater and an umbrella. After a nice half-hour train ride, we arrived in Toledo to more rain. We made our way to the old part of the city, which was spectacular despite the lousy weather, and went toooooo (you guessed it) A RESTAURANT. Seems like that's all we do, huh? But really, we don't...ok we kind of do, but whatever, we like being fatty fatty fat kids, ok? (no really, that's just me :-) haha) Had another fantastic meal full of way too much food and the best desserts I've had in Spain. So great.
After a lovely lunch, we met up with our tour guide who's name escapes me but who we'll call FIJAROS because that's ALL he said all day. No joke, every other word was FIJAROS (concentrate, look at this, etc.). Also, I think he thought we were stupid because he kept saying "Es muy dificil para entender" ("it's very difficult to understand") that these buildings could be thousands of years old....uh, no FIJAROS, it's not that difficult, pretty sure we can wrap our heads around that one. Haha anyways, we made our way through the city which is very old and full of history. The streets look like something out of a movie, it's really gorgeous. We got to see the Cathedral which was really breathtaking (I took some pictures even though we weren't supposed to ;-) haha) and had a ton of paintings from famous artists like Velazquez, El Greco, etc. which amazed me because although Toledo is famous, it's a pretty small town that you wouldn't expect to be harboring such famous works.
After the Cathedral, we made our way to the Synagogue (it was a very religiously diverse weekend) which had once been a Mosque. All throughout the city there are stores selling swords and figures of Don Quijote (who has become my best and most present friend these past couple of weeks) because Toledo is what was known as La Mancha (aka, Don Quijote de La Mancha?...yeah). So that was cool to sort of relate everything back to what I'm learning in class and all haha.
After the Synagogue, it really started coming down on us. We walked around a little more, exploring and getting to see beautiful views of the city, but it got to the point where our shoes became sinking boats and we had to call it quits. After a cold and wet ride home, we made it back to the Hotel for a nice hot shower and a much needed nap.
Helena and I decided to find the creperia that we went to our first night in Madrid so that we could get some delicious crepes for dinner. We went to Placa del Sol (one of the main plazas) where we (mostly I) thought we knew where we were going. Lets just say I was wrong. So wrong. Sorry again Helena. But anyways, after walking around in the rain for about an hour or so, we FINALLY found it! YAY! Hahah we had Nutella and walnut crepes (yes, for dinner, that's right, you're jealous) and had a fantastic time taking pictures of our glorious victory.
The next day (after a bit of a long night...) we got up groggily and decided to explore the city before our train left at 3. We walked around Plaza del Sol, got lost and somehow found our way back to a main street, and ended up grabbing tapas at this really cute place near our hotel. All in all, a beautiful relaxing day in Madrid. After that lovely stroll, none of us wanted to leave Madrid (although Barcelona rocks ahaha) because we felt like we had so much more to see! But alas, our train was calling and we had to be on it. So away we went, back to BCN our lovely home for a nice Sunday evening en casa.
Stay tuned, tomorrow: Chocolate Museum and Palau de Musica!
Love you all :-) adios chicos!
No comments:
Post a Comment