The next day, we took a day trip to Toledo. The drive there was beautiful - since Toldeo is a natural fortress with water surrounding it, the actual drive to the city made it look impressive since we were looking at it from across a river.
Our tour guide took us on a walking tour of the city, and I learned that Toledo is commonly known for it's history of Christians, Jews, and Muslims living together in peace (up until the 1400s, when they were expelled). We visited quite a few cathedrals and observed Moorish (Muslim) architecture, and even visited one of the three remaining historic synagogues of Spain. When the Jews were expelled from Spain, all of the synagogues were either destroyed, or turned into Cathedrals. This was one of the few that was somewhat preserved since it had been used as a church. It's now a museum.
Because of it's history of peace, a lot of the souvenir shops sold pieces of jewelry that had the cross, crescent, and Jewish star overlapping together. There was also a ton of Marzipan, which Toledo is also known for.
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