The Prado Museum with Velazquez statue
Our celebrity sighting at the Prado - Know who it is?
Ready to board the high speed train to Toledo
The walled city of Toledo with the Alcazar to the left
The Puerta del sol - an ancient doorway into the walled city
Desi reads the map and finds our way as others eat ice cream - Magnums?
The huge cathedral in Toledo
Dom - our photographer for the day
John Mark writes about Thursday, April 23 -
"Today we had planned to wake up early and go to Toledo, but plans change, and for the Camino group there is no exception. Once we arrived at the train station in the center of Madrid we found out that the next 2 trains to Toledo were full and we had a few hours to kill. Luckily we were near the Prado Museum and we took advantage of our time in Spain's most important museum. We saw many Spanish masters like El Greco, Goya, and Velazquez. My favorite painting was one done by Bosch, a Flemish painter. It was a triptic, divided into three pieces showing Paradise in the Garden of Eden, Life with all it's pleasures and sins, and then Hell in the third part. There was much going on in the painting, with hundreds of people and symbols.
At noon we boarded the train and headed to Toledo, a beautiful city surrounded by medieval walls and a river. It was once the capital of the country, evidenced by its great walls and cathedral. I was especially impressed by the cathedral because of its beauty and the fact that it took over 200 years to make. The streets in the old section were so tiny that it made it dangerous for driving and walking. We also visited a Jewish synogogue and a church where El Greco's masterpiece, the Burial of the Count of Orgaz, is on display.
All together today was a great sunny day in Spain and I'm excited to go to sleep and dream about tomorrow."
"Today we had planned to wake up early and go to Toledo, but plans change, and for the Camino group there is no exception. Once we arrived at the train station in the center of Madrid we found out that the next 2 trains to Toledo were full and we had a few hours to kill. Luckily we were near the Prado Museum and we took advantage of our time in Spain's most important museum. We saw many Spanish masters like El Greco, Goya, and Velazquez. My favorite painting was one done by Bosch, a Flemish painter. It was a triptic, divided into three pieces showing Paradise in the Garden of Eden, Life with all it's pleasures and sins, and then Hell in the third part. There was much going on in the painting, with hundreds of people and symbols.
At noon we boarded the train and headed to Toledo, a beautiful city surrounded by medieval walls and a river. It was once the capital of the country, evidenced by its great walls and cathedral. I was especially impressed by the cathedral because of its beauty and the fact that it took over 200 years to make. The streets in the old section were so tiny that it made it dangerous for driving and walking. We also visited a Jewish synogogue and a church where El Greco's masterpiece, the Burial of the Count of Orgaz, is on display.
All together today was a great sunny day in Spain and I'm excited to go to sleep and dream about tomorrow."
Another great letter from Spanish group. It's great to hear how things are going. More pics, please. I have one question, "Does the rain in Spain fall mainly on the plain?"lol That question may date me.Keep enjoying the experance, take it all in. John R. Brigham
ReplyDeleteToledo suena como una ciudad fantastico; yo quiero ir alli. Yo espero que te divertas con tu familia (y en el Camino)!
ReplyDeleteun beso,
hannah