Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Day 5: Madrid - Toledo - La Mancha - Granada
Our tour bus
Toledo
A former capital of Spain before Madrid
Tagus river
Ayuntamiento (Town Hall)
Catedral de Santa Maria de Toledo
A beautiful shop sign
Marzipan
Monasterio de San Juan de Los Reyes
The chains were used to tie the Catholics people when the Moorish (the Arabs that settled down in Africa) invaded Spain.
San Martin bridge
The entrance to the Old Town
Local handicrafts
Sword making workshop.
Damasquinos, the art of jewelery making by interlacing gold thread into the steel. The art was originated from Damascus, Syria.
The end product with an old Arab style
La Mancha
This region was made famous by the novel "Don Quixote". I still remembered reading the classics when I was in secondary school.
Granada
City center
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