Emily Kauth is in Spain studying this summer. We asked her to post on our blog occasionally over the summer. Here is her first Spain update! Yes, we are all jealous.
11 June 2010
We woke up early today and
got on a bus to go south to Toledo for the whole day. It took about an hour and a half to get there but as soon as we entered the city, the entire area was absolutely breathtaking. We went to a hotel called Parador Nacional to get coffee and take pictures at the best scenic overlook in the city.
Our first stop was to the monastery of San Juan de los Reyes. It was huge and pretty and there was a beautiful church inside. The whole place was open with corridors going outside and around the complex and there were courtyards filled with plants, flowers, and tropical fruit trees. A lot of the ceilings were made of wood carvings and it was really pretty.
Next, we went to El Museo Sefardi which was the national museum of Hispanic Jews. There were a lot of pretty paintings and artifacts including clothing, jewelry, and pottery. We went to Santo Tome which housed one of the most famous paintings of El Greco "The Burial of Count Orgaz and was above the tomb of Don Gonzalo Ruiz de Toledo, Count of Orgaz himself. There were other paintings inside and also a church which was again, beautiful.
After that, we saw the Catedral de Toledo. It was the biggest and most beautiful cathedral I've ever seen. Photography was not permitted inside but even if it was, it wouldn't have done it justice. The entire place was just covered in paintings, sculptures, and gold. It was amazing.
We went to the Plaza de Zocodover after that and had some time to shop around and see other parks and areas. Toledo is known for its hand painted ceramics so I bought a pretty plate made with enamel and gold by a family in Toledo. The whole city is so clean and pretty and there are the nicest people there. I met a man who taught at Bowling Green awhile ago which was awesome!
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