Monday, January 5, 2009
toledo
Today my orientation group went to what I think is the most beautiful, quaint city I have ever been to: Toledo. I have spent the entire day walking its tiny streets, viewing its 80 churches and 15 active communes and convents. The most beautiful cathedral is almost never open. Sometimes years pass and its doors are not once opened. That cathedral, I never learned the name, is very old and delicate so it is only opened when world leaders or King Juan Carlos I visit Toledo and want to go to church there. Inside these churches, synagogues and museums, no photography is allowed; I took plenty of photographic evidence from the outside. For a day trip, it doesn't get any more scenic than this. But I am exhausted right now. Yesterday I met a man from Minnesota who lives next to Red Wing. He is some big-shot lawyer and bought me and my friend a bottles of Cava for each of us. That's very expensive chardonney. I mean verrryyyy expensive. So expensive the shop took our photographs. He said he loves the stuff and he was bored waiting for his girlfriend so he figured since we were nice guys he'd show us the high life of Spain. Later his girlfriend showed up. She was nice. The Cava tasted amazing. I am extremely tired and tomorrow I leave for the university, finally. Goodnight.
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Did you get the lawyer's name? Was he surprised you had lived in Red Wing?
ReplyDeleteYeah, he told me his name but I forgot it. He said he never met people from Red Wing, which was actually the segue into getting a bottle of super expensive chardonney. I guess if we hadn't lived in Red Wing, I wouldn't have continued the conversation and wouldn't have gotten a bottle out of the deal. That's cause and effect for you.
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