LET IT SNOW!

Today was a long day but I saw so much. First off late last night it started flurrying I thought oh that is cool but I am sure that is the end of the snow though. Well I was wrong it has been snowing all day. Let me first say we had found out earlier this week it hasn't snowed in Madrid in 5 years and Jamie was like it never sticks, well he was wrong.

We toured a city outside of Madrid about 1 hour away called Toledo. Toledo is known for the merge of 3 cultures. Historically the city has Muslims, Christians and Jews. There are 83 churches in the city, 12 mosques, and 10 synagogues. We toured the largest cathedral in all of Spain and a synagogue in the city as well. After we got back from Toledo.

The tour guide told us a story I wanted to share: A man had three daughters that he had to marry off but only one original silver ring to give for her to be married. He found a friend of his who was a silver smith to make him two replicas of the ring for his other two daughters. His oldest of his daughters went around bragging to her friends that because she has the oldest ring her's is the most important of all the rings. The second daughter told everyone that her other sisters were liars and she had the best ring of them all. The third daughter told everyone that her ring was ugly and old and therefore she was the most important daughter of all her fathers girls. The girls rings represent the three major religions in Toledo, Muslims, Christians and Jews. And they all come from the same ring, because the base of all three religions is the same. Just something to ponder....

After lunch a bunch of us walked to the Reina Sofia a modern art gallery. I had the opportunity to see a bunch of original Picassos, Miro and Dali pieces. It was cool but like I said yesterday I was a little museumed out. We walked throughout snowy Madrid and found a square with the eternal flame to remember those who died in the Madrid train bombings.

I finally got a local cell phone so I semi connected to the world but not really since its not connected like I am at home. I also lost all my contacts in my real cell phone so little by little I am going to need to fix that before I get home.

I promise I will update pictures sooner rather than later, it is hard since I am only at internet cafes to get a lot done in a short period of time. Mucho love! and thanks to all who have been reading!