We went to the cathedral. It is said to be one of the most beautiful in Europe. It has a number of interesting things. Including a seriously large painting on the wall, Grandma Kathy paints some large paintings, but we challenge her to do one this size.
Bridget liked this panel from the altar. She thinks it looks cartoony.
When cardinals from Toledo die, they get to choose where in the cathedral to be buried. Their hats are then hung over the site until the hat rots away.
It is the 400th anniversary of El Greco's death. He is considered one of Spain's master painters. He spent half his life in Toledo, so there is the largest exhibit ever of his work. We saw lots of his paintings today, but this is the only one we could photograph because it was in the cathedral.
The streets were much quieter today, Toledo is very beautiful, even in the rain.
We stopped by the sword maker again and he showed us some very old swords he was restoring. His family has been sword makers for more than 150 years. We bought a jug from what we thought was a small store. The store however extended underground the equivalent of about 5 times the street level store. His family has been making ceramics for 7 generations. Apparently, a significant proportion of the population used to live underground. We leave you with a picture of Action Nun!
Esperança says that nuns in the Azores make treats as well.
ReplyDeleteLinda and I have only just got our computer back from having Window-7 installed, so this is my first look at your blog. You've done a great job of carrying us along ... what you've seen and how you felt. As it turns out, we'll be in Saskatoon for Uncle Barry's funeral this weekend, so will see you there! (The other Alan).
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