{"id":9954,"date":"2015-11-24T12:23:07","date_gmt":"2015-11-24T17:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=9954"},"modified":"2015-11-29T09:59:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T14:59:59","slug":"holy-toledo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/?p=9954","title":{"rendered":"Holy Toledo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tuesday, November 24, 2015<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today we rode the Renfe train to the town of Toledo. The journey takes exactly 33 minutes from Madrid. The beautiful Toledo railroad station:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1560.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9970\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1560.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1560\" width=\"290\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1418.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9971\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1418.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1418\" width=\"400\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Toledo is a medieval walled city on top of a high hill immortalized in El Greco&#8217;s painting which can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. \u00a0The entire city is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9972\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1521.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1521\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9973\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1524.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1524\" width=\"400\" height=\"248\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9974\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1516.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1516\" width=\"400\" height=\"259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We took a taxi up to the center of the city and aimlessly walked through the labyrinth of narrow alleyways. The sun came out for a short time. It was nice to wander with just a few off-season tourists.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_81661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9976\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/IMG_81661.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_8166\" width=\"400\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 13th century Catedral Primada Santa Maria de Toledo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1469.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9975\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1469.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1469\" width=\"293\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The main tourist destination is Zocodover Square:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1495.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9977\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1495.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1495\" width=\"400\" height=\"254\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9981\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1514.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1514\" width=\"400\" height=\"297\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1511.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9980\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1511.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1511\" width=\"400\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Then we started our descent down the road to the railroad station. Below is my version of a view of Toledo. :-)<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1541.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9978\" src=\"https:\/\/gallivantinggrandma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/DSC_1541.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_1541\" width=\"400\" height=\"266\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday, November 24, 2015 Today we rode the Renfe train to the town of Toledo. The journey takes exactly 33 minutes from Madrid. The beautiful Toledo railroad station: Toledo is a medieval walled city on top of a high hill immortalized in El Greco&#8217;s painting which can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum in NYC. 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