Toe-lay-doe: Not the Ohio city

En este momento, estoy mirando el partido amistoso de España contra Chile. Estamos perdiendo 0-2. Nooooo!
Right now I'm watching the Spain-Chile friendly (fútbol). We're losing 0-2. At 9:30 we're going out to dinner, so I figured a little update wouldn't hurt.

Today we went to Toledo, an hour outside of Madrid. Very pretty city, as you can see. The roads are the same as in the Medieval times, so it's very cool with its alleys. Even with such thin streets, cars still drive on them! People are walking on the sides and the little Euro cars squeeze on through. One thing definitely not on my bucket list is to drive in Europe. Me da mucho miedo. Little roads, but I suppose the cars are of an equal size.

Anyways, we went in la Catedral, the most important in Spain. The entire thing was so detailed and elaborate. It wasn't the biggest in Spain, although it was huge compared to anything I've ever seen. It contained tombs of cardinals and archbishops, along with paintings of the apostles, mainly by El Greco. Baroque style I believe. We also went to La Sinagoga de Santa Maria de Blanca. Weird to have a synagogue named after Mary, right? It's because it was once a Synagogue, and also once a church, so they combined the two. Fascinating!

Toledo with future San Sebastianas

Mmkay so let's talk about food, my favorite! Last night we ate at Plaza Mayor. Outside for people watching, así es la vida española. The only annoying thing was these guys trying to sell weird light things because they kept making duck noises, the whole 2 hours we were out there. Calla ya! We each ordered a plate and shared sort of jeje. I had croquetas, apparently something all madrileños love. It almost tastes like fried mashed potatoes (with a bit of ham inside obviously), but it's creamier and apparently more like gravy. We also tried paella the famous Spanish rice dish, fried octopus, and poatoes with bbq sauce (again--doesn't sound very Spanish). Then for lunch in Toledo we ate at a little restaurant in the basement of a bar. For 10 euros you got 2 plates. My first was all peas (with a bit of ham obviously) haha I didn't realize that was the word for peas, and just picked it randomly. Second plate was huevos (eggs) with fries (yet again--is that traditionally Spanish?!?) The price also included drinks and dessert. I don't know what the first word of it was, but the second was chocolate. And it was muy bien!

In other news, I'm really working on my dejo español. (Spain accent) They lisp c's and z's. I really hope nobody thinks I'm mocking the accent when I say "grathias"...just tryin to be más española! =)

Madrid Former Town Hall, Now post office

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