Day Trip to Toledo 14th December

We took the train for about 45mins from Madrid to Toledo and arrived at the station far far away from the center of town, which was on a hill surrounded by a stone wall. Toledo is a very old place and the buildings show it, with roofs falling apart. We had to walk to the center of town which was a long way from the train station but it saved us money. It was a long climb to the center but well worth it.

Roof Falling apart

Down every little alley way are small souvenir shops all selling the same things and tourist prices. The first place we went to was the Cathedral at Segovia. It was very very beautiful and our ticket came with a headset so we could learn all about each aspect of the place. It is truly mind boggling how old some of the buildings are. In the cathedral there were things dated back to the 14th century! Unfortunately photos were not aloud but mum was able to get out her little camera occasionally and snap a few pics so maybe sometime I will upload some photos she has taken, alot of me in them much to my disgust!

A small portion of the Cathedral at Toldeo

Mum then decided she wanted to venture into the Jewish/ Muslim quarters of the city and we got lost. Wandering aimlessly down side streets. Normally I have a good sense of direction and can find my way back to anywhere but I was grumpy. Mum told me I wouldn't need my puffer jacket because it was warm, but it wasn't. So I trailed behind her letting her navigate and I just let the streets pass me by until we ended up going in a circle. Finally we found the Inglesia de los Jesuitas which is the church of the Jesuits and we had a look around. It wasn't as spectacular as the big cathedral but it definitely had a more homely feel. We even were aloud to climb the towers and see the city from up high.

From here we were able to get directions back into the main part of town, back to the tourist part more like it. We had a very non Spanish lunch consisting of pasta but it filled us up. We then took this tourist train ride all around the city. It isn't really a train just a motorised car which looks like a train and very reasonable priced.    



View from outside the walls across the river on the train.



By now we felt we had done all we could do in Toledo so we walked back to the train station in the dark, I managed to remember the way. By the time we got on the train we were thank full to finally put up our feet and relax a little.