Holy Toledo! Sorry, I couldn't resist. :) While in Madrid, we took a quick side trip to Toledo, which is just a 30 minute train ride away. The city is situated on a very tall hill surrounded on three sides by a river. We got there right at 10:00 a.m., when everything opens, which proved to be a great decision--there were hardly any tourists there that early. Just two hours later, the city was packed full of tour groups! We started at the Catedral, which was gorgeous (no pictures allowed inside, though). From there, we walked down to the old Jewish quarter and saw the two sinagogas there. The first was small and didn't allow pictures, but the second was much bigger, allowed pictures, and had a ton of security--there were only a handful of tourists there at the time, and there were probably over 20 people working there. There wasn't a single room that didn't contain a person in a chair watching over it.
We strolled down a few more streets, tried the mazapan (marzipan), and then cabbed it back to the train station (which was gorgeous itself) to end our brief trip.
Here are a few pictures from Toledo. For more, see our Picasa album.
Inside the Sinagoga
View of the countryside from Toledo Tile in the train station
Inside of the train station
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