Holy Toledo

 08-May-2022

This is the original Toledo we are visiting today.  Not  that one in Ohio, although it turns out they are sister cities. There is even a street named for Toledo OH.

At one time, Toledo was the capital of this part of Spain.  When the kingdoms combined to make Spain a whole country the king decided to move the capital to Madrid in the center of the country.  Toledo is almost as hilly as Portugal so we got a workout on the usual tour of the city.

The cathedral is huge and we saw a wedding.  Cool car for the bride and groom of course.

The cathedral is really over the top.  It took the local peasants 270 years to build  and pay for it.

Our local guide took us through the Jewish quarter where there are no Jews since Queen Isabella kicked them all out in 1492.  They still maintain tourist gimmicks though.

Tomorrow  it's on to La Mancha and the windmills.