Friday afternoon around 3 pm we left Segovia to embark upon our final excursion to Toledo and Madrid. After a two-hour drive we arrived to the beautiful city of Toledo. Toledo is enclosed by a river called El Río Tajo which is one of the most important rivers in Spain. After checking in the hotel we walked through the city with our professors and learned some of the history of Toledo including the towers constructed by Arabs. After an hour we were had a few hours of free time and we went our separate ways and did a variety of things including visiting a museum, an antique store, and shopping at store filled with American products called a Taste of America. Later that night we dined in the hotel and some of us headed out to experience Toledo at night.
The next morning we got up early to visit one more historic site in Toledo, the extraordinary cathedral. The cathedral in Toledo is one of three Gothic-styled cathedrals and the church was built in the same place a mosque previously stood and inside there the Arabic designs can be seen. The most impressive sight in the cathedral was the retablo which is the decorative piece located behind the altar. The retablo contains series of paintings depicting the life of Christ and in contrast to the cathedral in Salamanca, the retablo are actual wooden sculptures that were painted. After leaving the cathedral we had an hour of free time we headed at restaurant where some of us tried a traditional Spanish meal called calcamuses. After lunch we spent the afternoon in Madrid where we visited El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía which houses several contemporary art pieces from artists including Pablo Picasso, Ignacio Zuloaga and Juan Gris. After leaving the museum we all decided to eat churros con chocolate for the last time together and afterwards headed back to Segovia for our last few days.
A las tres de la tarde salimos para Toledo y Madrid para nuestra ultima excursión. Después de dos horas llegamos a la ciudad bella de Toledo. La ciudad se encierra por El Rio Tajo, uno de los ríos mas importantes en España. Caminamos por la ciudad para aprender las historia de la ciudad. Despues nos separamos para explorar la ciudad e ir de compras. A la noche cenamos en el hotel y después unos de nosotros fueron para disfrutar la vida de la noche.
La próxima mañana nos despertamos para visitar otro sitio de Toledo, La Catedral. La catedral de Toledo es uno de las tres catedrales del estilo gótico. Antes de la construcción de la catedral había un mezquita que los cristiano destruyeron para construir la catedral. La vista mas preciosa en la catedral fue el retablo con las esculturas de madera de la vida de Jesús Cristo. Luego fuimos al restaurante para comer. Tomamos comidas diferentes incluyendo paella, pisto, macarrones y una comida tradicional que se llamaba calcamuses. Después de comer, fuimos a Madrid para visitar El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía que contiene obras de Picasso, Zuloaga y Juan Gris. Antes de salir comimos churros con chocolate juntos por la ultima vez y salimos para Segovia.
The next morning we got up early to visit one more historic site in Toledo, the extraordinary cathedral. The cathedral in Toledo is one of three Gothic-styled cathedrals and the church was built in the same place a mosque previously stood and inside there the Arabic designs can be seen. The most impressive sight in the cathedral was the retablo which is the decorative piece located behind the altar. The retablo contains series of paintings depicting the life of Christ and in contrast to the cathedral in Salamanca, the retablo are actual wooden sculptures that were painted. After leaving the cathedral we had an hour of free time we headed at restaurant where some of us tried a traditional Spanish meal called calcamuses. After lunch we spent the afternoon in Madrid where we visited El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía which houses several contemporary art pieces from artists including Pablo Picasso, Ignacio Zuloaga and Juan Gris. After leaving the museum we all decided to eat churros con chocolate for the last time together and afterwards headed back to Segovia for our last few days.
A las tres de la tarde salimos para Toledo y Madrid para nuestra ultima excursión. Después de dos horas llegamos a la ciudad bella de Toledo. La ciudad se encierra por El Rio Tajo, uno de los ríos mas importantes en España. Caminamos por la ciudad para aprender las historia de la ciudad. Despues nos separamos para explorar la ciudad e ir de compras. A la noche cenamos en el hotel y después unos de nosotros fueron para disfrutar la vida de la noche.
La próxima mañana nos despertamos para visitar otro sitio de Toledo, La Catedral. La catedral de Toledo es uno de las tres catedrales del estilo gótico. Antes de la construcción de la catedral había un mezquita que los cristiano destruyeron para construir la catedral. La vista mas preciosa en la catedral fue el retablo con las esculturas de madera de la vida de Jesús Cristo. Luego fuimos al restaurante para comer. Tomamos comidas diferentes incluyendo paella, pisto, macarrones y una comida tradicional que se llamaba calcamuses. Después de comer, fuimos a Madrid para visitar El Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía que contiene obras de Picasso, Zuloaga y Juan Gris. Antes de salir comimos churros con chocolate juntos por la ultima vez y salimos para Segovia.
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