Diary from Spain June 2013
Sunday June 2
Arrived late at Toledo. After lunch we had a tour of the city with a local guide. There are many things to see, and this tour was only an introduction. The Corpus Christi festival is just finished, and the decorations are still hanging in the streets.
Monday June 3
We started with a bus trip back to Madrid. We had a tour of the old city with our danish guide. She is living here in the city. It lasted till lunch. I did not see anything new, which I did not see when I was here last time. After lunch we were on our own. I went down to the Reina Sofia Museum where there was an exposition of paintings by Salvatore Dalí.
Tuesday June 4
Today was without prearranged program. I took the high speed train to Madrid Atocha and made a shift to the Metro which now goes all the way to the Escorial. I visited the museum in the Monastery: San Lorenzo de El Escorial. It is the burial place for the Royal Spanish family. Photos were forbidden inside the museum.
After lunch I hired a taxi and went to “The Valley of the Fallen”. It is Franco's (disgusting) memorial of himself and the fallen from the civil war. He is himself buried there.
Wednesday June 5
Today was again in our own hand. I was discovering Toledo all day.
El Greco Museum is a rebuild house showing how the painter supposedly lived in Toledo.
Santo Tomé with the famous picture of Count Orgaz Burial.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Burial_of_the_Count_of_Orgaz
Museum of the Sefardic Jews.
http://www.spain.info/en/conoce/museo/toledo/museo_sefardi.html
The Synagoge (Santa Maria de la Blanca)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Mar%C3%ADa_la_Blanca
Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monasterio_de_San_Juan_de_los_Reyes,_Toledo
The Cathedral.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_Cathedral
Thursday June 6
A whole day trip to Ávila, Mostly known for its well preserved medieval city wall. We started with a city tour with a local guide. Later on we were on our own. The city is also known for the Catholic Saint Theresa of Ávila.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_of_%C3%81vila
The Cathedral..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_of_Avila
Friday June 7
Whole day trip by bus to Segovia. The city is known for its roman aqueduct and for the Alcázar castle looking like a Disney fantasy. We had a tour with local guide first and later we went on alone.
The Aqueduct of Segovia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqueduct_of_Segovia
The Cathedral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segovia_Cathedral
The Castle (Alcŕzar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alc%C3%A1zar_of_Segovia
Saturday June 8
Another day without program. I stayed in Toledo discovering the last sights.
The Mosque (Christo de la Luz)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosque_of_Cristo_de_la_Luz
The museum of Visegothic Culture.
Iglesia de San Ildefonso (Jesuit Church)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ildefonsus
Alcázar – Museo Del Ejército (Military Museum)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alc%C3%A1zar_of_Toledo
Sunday June 9
Return home.