July 15, 2007

• Toledo, Tolado

  Since madrid was essentially closed for a number of the days we stayed in spain, we took a number of day trips to nearby cities. One such was The city of Toledo, well known for its religious monuments and production of arms and armor back in the day

  
  The city had some very narrow streets, but quite picturesque

  
  Continuing our run of poor timing, every single religious site but one was closed on the day we went to toledo. So we decided to make the most of it. Ahead of you you can see the Cathedral de Santo Tomas. Lets take a gander inside, shall we?

  
  Then we resumed wandering around

  
  The streets all had these little decorations hanging on the wall, which gave the city a nice european touch. Which is good, seeing as how we were in europe and all

  Oh yes, did i mention that toledo is known for its weaponry?

  
  This room brought not one, not two, but several tears to my eye. Swords, armor, and arms galore! Playtime!

  
  Brian as a conquistadworetzky

  
  Spartans! Tonite we dine in HELL!…As my friend the king says, the fact that i had grown my beard out adds a touch of realism to the photo. Trying to picture what i must have sounded like? well, lucky you!

  You have absolutely no idea how much more mischief could have been wreaked had the store not closed at 2pm, along with everything else in spain. SO instead i just picked up a 50 year old spanish gladius for a tidy sum, and continued on my way with the fam to get some lunch in a dungeon

  
  the food was meh…i guess all the rumors about prison fare are true

  
  and what would lunch be without a dessert of some cake frozen to the whisky? well, a lunch that my mom favors, so we will never know.

  On call tomorrow, loyal readers, so next spain post in a few days. And when the spain trip is finally done, i will be more than happy to tell you all about being a pseudo doctor

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