Toledo!

It was a long weekend. And when Spanish people take "long" weekends, they mean long (hello, worker-centered-government, anyone?) If a holiday falls on a Thursday, you get a four-day weekend. We took maximum advantage of ours, first with a two-day trip to the tremendous city, and former capital of Castilla and Aragon, Toledo. We stayed in the most fabulous hotel, an old cigarral (a kind of hacienda), overlooking the Imperial City.


Then, on to the sites, including the famous synagogues, the beautiful El Tránsito and Santa María la Blanca (obviously renamed after the expulsion), and the amazing Cathedral, finished after two centuries of work in that fateful year 1492. (More photos and video below.)