Hello, all. Puffin here.
Day two of Spain was both eventful and beautiful. Today, we saw even more works of art by El Greco. Also, we strolled the streets of Spain and shopped (alliteration!). We also took some more stunning pictures. Here they are!
Day two of Spain was both eventful and beautiful. Today, we saw even more works of art by El Greco. Also, we strolled the streets of Spain and shopped (alliteration!). We also took some more stunning pictures. Here they are!
This is a replica of the church. The to-scale model is made entirely of mazapan, the famous cookie of Toledo.
Don't you love how narrow the streets are?
A beautiful view of Toledo, one of the most amazing places I've seen.
The family, just chillin' in Toledo. (I took this picture.)
Hi, this is Nina.
Today in Toledo was great! The family started off the day with a uneventful breakfast of cereal and headed out the door at about 10:45. We walked along the narrow cobblestone streets, stopping every few feet to admire a particularly beautiful golden plate or a uniquely patterned sword hilt. As we walked and talked, the subject of Park City came up multiple times, and we all admitted that we missed the USA a lot. Mom started chattering about how swords and mazapan are what Toledo is known for, so when we saw a Patissarie, Sara and I agreed that we should go inside and get some mazapan. It was delicious! The strong almond flavor caused my tastebuds to dance happily and the smooth texture of the mazapan begged me to sigh in contentment. Once the mazapan was finished, we continued on our (slow) progress to the town square. A man invited Sara and me into his shop and showed us his unique assortment of silver and gold bracelets. The original price for a particularly beautiful one was 25 Euros but he said for us, he'd lower it down to 15. I bought it readily with the spending money Mom had given me for Toledo. The food here is delicious! The seafood is amazing and the fruit so delicious that I could explode! Anyway, I'll post later with more descriptions. Tomorrow awaits!
-Nina
"Ask & ye shall receive" ;-) Hey Nina, what a great post! Written like a true artist! Just for info "mazapán" Is Marzipan in both English & German, & I did not know that Toledo was known for Marzipan, I guess since I'd never heard of it before I came here I just assumed it was a German thing! Thank everybody for Posing in so many wonderful pictures, It is great to see you all, I'm sooo happy Señor Puffin, decided to do this Blog, makes me realize how much I miss you all, & how little I've seen of yous in the last decades! I look forward to the next blog! blog on! Love Robby
ReplyDeleteWe have really enjoyed reading your posts and seeing the pictures. I'm going to try one more time to respond. None of my other attempts took. Love you, Grandma
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