Holy Toledo!!

So once again, havn't been doing a very good job at keeping up with my blogs, but last weekend we traveled to the wonderful city of Toledo, Spain.  We took a 3 hour bus ride, and once we got to Toledo it was nice and sunny. 72 degrees and sunny, in fact.  The. whole. weekend. Be jealous :)  So we got there and visited Puerta de Bisagra, la Mezquita del Cristo de la Luz, Hospital de Santa Cruz and La Catedral de Toledo.  All of which were amazing.  We were free for the rest of the day after that so we made our way to Hotel Beatriz.  We all hopped into the bus and drove to our hotel.  When we arrived at our hotel, we found out that we were staying at a beautiful hotel right outside Toledo.  I roomed with Libby and Amy. 

Me and Libby eating authentic, Toledo marzapan

Dana and I with Toledo in the background

So we get into our room and check out the view from our balcony.  I swear the instant we started talking and American voices were heard, about 50 Spanish guys walked out on their balconies, bottles in had and just started cheering, chanting, calling over to us (the works)...and more and more came out.  So we are all thinking, "Awesome. This is going to be fun." Since it was so nice out we all changed into our bathing suits and went to tan down by the hotel pool (which was closed since it's "winter").  Well, I would expect nothing less, but when all of us girls were sun-bathing down by the pool, all those Spanish guys really started hootin and hollaring.  It was more funny than annoying.  Pilar, our art professor who came on the excursion with us, came down and told us that there was a group of over 100 guys from Sevilla who were there for a band performance. haha.

The crew for the night

After sun-bathing for a little, we attempted to do some yoga by the pool and then went back up to our room to get ready for the night.  We headed back into the city for dinner.  Baylee, Michelle, Libby, Amy and I went and ate at an outdoor pizzeria. It was excellent.  After that, Colin's girlfriend (who studies abroad in Toledo through the U of M) took us around Toledo for the night.

When we returned to the hotel for the night, Dana, Luke, Amy, Anna and I decided to check out the hotel's discoteca.  So we walk in and find a bunch of old couples dancing.  Welp, needless to say, we joined in and had the time our of lives dancing with all the old people.  Luke was popular with the "cougars."  haha. It felt just like a family wedding. It was one of the best times!

Libby, Me & Amy in the Plaza Mayor of Toledo

The next day we woke up and visited Santo Tome to see a famous Greco painted titled "El entierro del Conde de Orgaz," el Museo Sefardi, San Juan de los Reyes and El Puente de San Martin.  After visitng those places, we had a little lunch and headed home.  Overall, for being such a short excursion. Toledo was anothing GREAT city.

Muchos besos,

Katie