To Toledo and Back

After spending weeks learning about El Greco and Spanish art and architecture, it was exciting for me to finally get to go to Toledo. It’s a small city near Madrid, that’s perfect for a day excursion. Our Spanish Study Abroad class took a field trip to the city on Halloween. We visited the Mezquita Christo de la Luz, originally built 1000 years ago as a small mosque. Then, inside the Iglesia de Santo Tome, we saw the emblematic “El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz” by El Greco. Finally, we learned about Jewish culture in the Sinagoga de Santa Maria la Blanca and the Monasterio de San Juan de los Reyes. While we took a couple one to many breaks for unnecessary souvenir shopping, overall Toledo was a great place to spend the Halloween holiday, before heading back to Madrid for  Halloween night.