Well I made it guys!!! It is absolutely awesome and gorgeous y bonita mucha! Madrid is splendid! We went to the Museo de Prado were there are the originals of Goya, Fra Angelico, de Velazquez, y Greco. It was such a beautiful place to see. And Madrid is a really fun city. My first meal in Madrid was a bocadilla con bacon y queso which is a certain type of sandwich only found in Madrid. I also had Sangria which is a mixture of wine and fruit juice. Mucho delicioso! And the breakfast at the hotel was top notch! A variety of fresh fruit and juices, cereals, eggs and breads.
And today we came to Toledo!!!! The scenery is much more beautiful than Madrid. It's built on a mountainous terrain and the buildings are old and epic. The town of Toledo is full of shops selling swords and other armory items. And the Cathedral of Toledo is out of this world, epically spectacular!!! So beautiful! I can't even describe the detail and vastness and beauty of the Cathedral. When we got to the hotel there was a huge sign saying Congresso Eucharistica de National 2010. And there's displays of priests vestments and other things for mass through most of the lobby of the hotel. While I was waiting for my taxi to go to the Cathedral for mass, a bunch of priests were coming out of the hotel and getting on a charter bus to go somewhere. So I finally get to the Cathedral and there's are literally thousands of people in front of the Cathedral and huge signs saying Congresso Eucharistica 2010. There was a stage set up and people were up there talking, obviously in Spanish, and I had no idea what they were talking about. I figured there's bound to be someone here who speaks English, so I see a nun a ask her hablas engles? No. And she grabs me by the hand and leads me through the crowd to a group of some more nuns in habit and speaks rapid-fire Spanish. It turned out that none of them spoke any English (at all) and I was left to wander around the city to find the entrance to the cathedral and the weekend mass.
Toledo has surely been a fun adventure. I can't wait for the rest of Spain.
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