Toledo turned out to be a fantastic place to stay
and explore for a couple of days. The hotel was just to one side of the old
city and with restaurants and souvenir shops and bars galore we had no problem
in amusing ourselves. Like many of the old Medieval towns in Spain the buildings in Toledo are four stories high and very narrow.
As a result the sun does not penetrate into these streets so easily and it
stays a little cooler.
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| On the edge of the old town |
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| The Cathedral |
The down side is when you walk into one of the squares
at midday and it’s like a scene from the Chronicles of Riddick!!
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| Tall buildings = Cool streets |
The third day
we fired up the bike and headed south to find the windmills around Consuegra.
These are the ones that Don Quixote jousted with when he really went off his
rocker!! Perched on the hillside just at the back of the town they are quite a
sight to see. Even though we didn't set off that early we still beat most of
the Spanish tourists and the coaches there. We were on the way back for a
siesta by lunch time.
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| Right Rocinante, on to battle!! |
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| Great views from the hill top |
Next was a run across the hot Spanish plains and north to Santiago de Compostela.
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