Toledo

Today, I misprounced "ciudad" in class. Then the teacher corrected me, which is fine, since she always does that. However, as she was correcting me, so were other people in class. I finally had to say, "I can't hear the teacher." Ciudad is pronounced with a "c" then a "u". I believe I was saying "c" then a "we." Totally off, but I'm getting better. We discussed childhood obesity and physical education in school with our other professor.

After class, we went on a trip to Toledo. It is about an hour away from Madrid. It was beautiful. The town was on hills with a river running through it. It was so nice. The first thing we did was have lunch at Adolfo's. I had there 3 course meal. It came with a salad, fish and dessert. It was very tasty, although the dessert was too sweet and rich for me. We also visited a cathedral and a synanogue. The cathedral was amazing. I only got to take one photo before I realized that wasn't allowed. The ceilings were very tall. The arches had peaks. The walls were covered with painted glass, angels, and saints. We walked into rooms filled with old priests' and deacons' outfits. There was gold on the walls and beautiful paintings on the ceilings. It was truly amazing. It made me feel at peace. It was different than the muesums because I felt a greater appreciation for this art. It also made me feel closer to my faith. The synanogue was also very peaceful and pretty. There was also lots to look at there.

After that we came back to Madrid and took the metro home in time for dinner. Tonight we had omelets and spaghetti. I only had the spaghetti. I'm going to write my diary entry for class, then go to bed.