Toledo

Today we drove from Granada to Toledo. It took us just over 4 hours and arrived in Toledo in the early afternoon. Again it's very toasty out but we bought a big bottle of water and headed out. We first sought out lunch which was of course at McDonalds. I think we have had McDonalds every day for lunch for the last 7-8 days. We both know it's getting old but Spain doesn't have many options for lunch unless you want a long sit down big meal and we are always on the go so we can get out and see the sights.

On our way out from McDonalds we stepped into the plaza and who did we see????? Our hero (at least my hearo) Rick Steves the travel writer whose guide books we have used for the last 8 years of European travel. Every other American over here carries his books and he happened to be here in Toledo doing guidebook research. He was nice enough to stop and talk to us and take a picture. Yee Haw! See it posted and what are the chances that we would run into him. We had met him once before when he came to the Salt Lake City Library downtown and lectured and I got his autograph there. Now I've got a picture to boot! We just like his travel style, it's down to earth and features the kind of things we like to see.

Anyway after our brush with Rick we headed over to Cathedral. Another big one in Spain. No famous people are burried here other then the local cardinals but it was still cool to see. We then just wandered the streets until dinnertime. Although it was 9:00pm the restaurants wern't serving dinner yet, so we hung out in the plaza and starting talking to a couple from Canada about our travels. We ended up talking to them for over an hour then headed off to get dinner. So far we haven't been real impressed with Spanish food. Tonight was no exception. We went to a restaurant that had no one in it. (that should have been a warning sign) Then we had to order from the fixed menu which included the appetizer and dessert. Not wanting to leave as their only customer we obliged and ordered a steak for Chris and Chicken for me. It also came with Paella (rice dish with chicken bits) and Gazpacho which reminded us both of airplane food. Needless to say it wasn't our best dinner. Oh well there is always McDonalds tomorrow!

We were going to stay 2 nights in Toledo but found we pretty much covered everything today so tomorrow we are going to head out to a town called Salamanca. Not originally on our planned itinerary but it looks cool and they have a laundry mat. Something we've been looking for the last few days. It's a good thing too because tomorrow would be our last day in clean clothes. :)

Till our next stop.