Toledo, Spain
After traveling for almost a week by myself I met up with my study abroad group on Sunday morning. Many of the kids I knew already as 15 out of the 125 students on the trip are from DU. It was nice to see a friendly face after traveling alone. We stayed for two days in Madrid and during those two days we saw the contemporary art museum and the royal palace. The royal family does not actually live at the palace anymore they live outside the city and only use this palace for special ceremonies. Besides the tours we spent most of the time going out for drinks and food. I seem to be always hungry as we spend most of the day touring and walking around cities. The food here has proven to be an adventure as I speak very minimal Spanish and the menus are in all Spanish. I have learned the words for ham, cheese and bread, and have mainly been eating that so that there are no big surprises. After Madrid we spent one day in Toledo, touring the cathedrals and synagogues there. The city was beautiful, situated on a hill, surrounded by a river on three sides. This river is the Tajo River and is the longest river in Spain, sort of like the Mississippi River in the United States. We got lucky in Toledo and stayed at a nice hotel that had a big pool and tiki bar so we were able to relax and lay out in the sun after our day of tours.
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