Monday, August 23, 2010

Toledo

We took a day trip by bus to Toledo one day. The bus ride was about an hour and a half and was very easy to us considering the other bus rides we have taken. Upon arriving in the city, you can just tell that it is an ancient but well preserved city.






It has some well preserved walls and is mostly known for its swords. Almost every store had some swords and knight armor which was very interesting.
Here are a few pictures inside the stores.





We asked the tourist people if there was a sword factory we could go look at and there was one. We didn’t take any pictures inside to respect the guy working there, but it was a very small little workshop with a few different rooms and lots of swords! We saw the furnace where they heat and mold them, it was cool to see the different stages of that. Then of course we saw many of the finished product. If we had more room in our bags we would have brought a few back as souvenirs! Toledo was great for a day trip, then we headed back to our home base for the night.

6 comments:

  1. Man, you guys have really been busy lately haven't you? I'm glad to see you're still having a great time! When are you headed back home?

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  2. It's been a blast! Home is calling to us and we are excited to answer that call soon!

    We return to the States on the 2nd of Sept and arrive in Valley of the Sun on the 20th!!!

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  3. oh wow! That's soon. I'm sure your families will be very excited to see you both! Please have a safe rest of your trip and a safe flight home.

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  4. Absolutely! And we'll have to catch up in person sometime soon!

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  5. Chris and I would love to get together with you both when you get home and have adjusted to being back in AZ. :) You're coming home at a good time too, won't be quite as miserable as it has been by then!

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  6. Yes we have fortunately missed the "summer" and will be returning to some pleasant temperatures! We'll call after the adjustment period :)

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