Trekking through Toledo

Today the padres and I hiked up to visit the previous Spanish capital, Toledo. Centering the country's capital on top of a hill was a strategic defense technique, as Paco explained to me... "Because everybody is too tired to fight by the time they climb up there."

Our tour books were not lying when they said getting lost was inevitable. The narrow, winding streets fork every 20 meters, and street signs are not very easy to find. Though we spent a lot of time studying the map, we embraced wandering down the alleyways. Pretty much all of our destinations were closed by the time we arrived, but we still enjoyed the beauty of the traditional European town.

After a delicious lunch at a vegetarian restaurant, we explored the breath-taking cathedral. We followed that by a tour on the Zoco train, and of course sampled the traditional Toledo desserts -- mazapan and Toledanos. They weren't as sweet as we were expecting.. And Paco summed it up well when mid-squash filled cookie he proclaimed, "Well, this is weird."

Luckily we were able to find the train station, and we are headed back to Madrid. I'm definitely a fan of Toledo.. So far it's my fav Spanish city besides Madrid. But maybe that's because I visited it with my fav company.

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