Four Continents 2012

Toledo: 5-7 September

		One of the old gates of Toledo. *
		General view of the town: it rises steeply to its summit at the Alcazar. *
		The Alcazar seen from across the River Tagus. *
		Memorial at the Alcazar to those killed in the Spanish Civil War. †
		Toledo Cathedral. *
		A glimpse of the Cathedral spire through an alleyway. †
		And another one. The streets are so narrow that it is almost impossible to see the whole cathedral from within the city. *
		The Cathedral has interesting carvings, statues, and windows. *
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		An El Greco painting in the sacristy. There were a dozen of them, but most of the tourists ignored them as "just more paintings". *
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		Extraordinary decoration: not easy to photograph because of the extremes of lighting. *
		One of the side chapels. †
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		The Town Hall. *
		Towards the end of our first day, we managed to find the El Greco Museum, with many of his works. *
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		The next morning, we wandered the narrow streets. *
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		Then to the Monastery of St Juan de Los Reys, built around a beautiful cloister. †
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		We also visited the Synagogue of Santa Maria la Blanca. This was a mosque that became a synagogue that became a church: it still looks like a mosque. *
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From Toledo, we moved on to Segovia.