day five: toledo and consuegra

a second (and last) very sad thing happened in segovia - i forgot to tell you about it. tyler and i bought a brand new nikon coolpix touch screen camera for me to use in spain...and we forgot the charging cord. needless to say, my camera died in segovia. the rest of the pictures are tyler's doing. up to this point, i'd been mixing them up.

holy toledo! we spent the fifth day of our trip in toledo. toledo is where tyler and i spent our big bucks...we splurged and bought two lladros.

the first is called "the soul of spain." it's a beautiful flamenco dancer. i just couldn't pass it up. i figured we're not going to be in spain again for a loooooooooong time, so why not?
the second is called "missionaries." i thought this piece was really cool because lladro, a non-lds company, is making these. because both tyler and his dad served in spain, we decided to get this one. maybe our son(s) will serve in spain?
toledo is unique because it is surrounded on three sides by a river. this is the best picture we had that shows this.
one of the streets in toledo.
cathedral in toledo. there was a catholic children's conference going on in this cathedral, which was interesting to see.

wiki picture.
el greco's "disrobing of christ" (one of his most famous works) is in the sacristy of this cathedral.
after spending time in toledo, we went to consuerga. (i won't mention that the lladro salesman gave us very round-about directions to get here. suffice it to say that ocana will probably be the jeffs' least favorite city in spain.) this part of the trip was COOL. i don't know why i was so excited about this. i guess i'm nerdy? anyways, consuegra is where the don quixote windmills reside. how cool to see something so famous! (ps - there are 12 and they were used to grind wheat.)
they even had don quixote's trail marked. i should have bought a souvenir here. dang!

and lastly...consuegra means "with mother-in-law." here's a picture of me with mine.
fun fact: suegra is also the word they use for the butt of bread...because no one wants it. ha ha ha.

:)