We got on the bus right at seven thirty in the morning. A couple of stranglers arrived after us, but we were on the road by 7:45. It took just around three hours to get to Toledo. We did stop for an extended bathroom break, because there were only three stalls for the all 30 of the ladies. We arrived in Toledo at 11ish. It was a nice sunny day, but there was a pretty strong wind that was rolling of the surrounding hills. Toledo is very, very, very hilly. Practically all of the streets have a hill or some crazy slant, also all the streets are cobblestone. The roads are extremely narrow, but this did not stop all the cars from barreling up the ally ways as we were walking on them. Toledo in general looks like some fairy tale town from a movie. It almost resembles the little towns in Bush Gardens, but its so much more beautiful. Every building was made of stone with tile roofs. We visited the giant Cathedral in our tour of Toledo. This building was quite impressive. It was built in the 13th century and took over two hundred years to build. The detail in this Cathedral was incredible. You could look at one room for a while and then keep noticing more and more details and carvings that you had not noticed before. I wish we could have spent more time there. The history and artwork was absolutely incredible. There were original painting by Velázquez and Goya and several other notable renaissance artists. I think it would have been really interesting to attend a mass in Toledo’s Cathedral, but we had to move on. Our next stop has at synagogue in Toledo. This had an incredible different feel. Spanish tile decorated the floors and there were arch ways made of stucco with intricate carvings. We tried visiting another church, but it was under renovation. After our group tour we got free time to explore the city and eat our lunches our Madres had packed us. Of course our Madre had made Sarah and I a feast for thirty people, including two giant bocadillas (sandwiches) four pieces of fruit, a giant pastry, and a stack of cookies. During our free time we walked down to the main plaza in Toledo. We walked around several of the shops. Toledo is famous for their metal and the town was filled with knife shops and swords shops. I really wanted to get a sword but I thought it was kind of impractical and would be very inconvenient to take back to the US. I decided this after we had been in about eight sword shops. I settled on a necklace and a pair of earrings for my mom. The make a very unique gold jewelry in Toledo. They use a black clay and inlay the jewelry with a gold thread into tiny designs. Then they fire the clay and gold piece in a kiln, to give it a distinct, glossy shine. After tour the town we headed back to our hotel called the Hotel de San Carlos de Los Reyes. It was a four star hotel, with one of the nicest bathrooms I have ever used. Everyone took advantage of not having limitations on hot water use. I took two very long showers to make up for my usually only three min showers I take at my Madre’s house. We went to dinner with group in the hotel restaurant. The food was nothing to write home about, but it was not fried and there was salad not dripping in oil, so I was satisfied. Some people went out to try and find a bar or a club, but my room and I decided to take advantage of the nice big beds and fluffy pillows. Breakfast the next morning was interesting. Those Spaniards love their meat. There was a whole array of meats laid out for breakfast. Thank goodness they had yogurt for me. I was not about eat any more meat! After breakfast we left Toledo and headed for Segovia.