That's the view from the cafe in the library in Toledo. That big building with the tower is the cathedral. Pretty neat.



Juan P and I on our way back from the library. I was just supposed to tag along while he studied but instead we were only there for some 15 minutes, just long enough to get a coffee in the cafe. Juan P, being the way-too-nice guy that he is decided to show me around Toledo a bit instead of studying like he planned. After the library we went to a bar that the locals frequent. It is a bit out-of-the way so guiris usually dont find it.

Guiri, by the way, is the slang term for a tourist or foreigner that appears to be "northern", that includes German, American, Canadian, Swedish, or any one that is tall, blonde, and doesnt speak a romance language. The stereotype is a laughing, drunk, sun-burned blonde goofball in a shorts asking for a "sehr-vay-saw". It's not meant to be offensive, but popular culture in Spain isn't exactly politically correct anyway. (For example, they call all asian tourists "chinos" even though the great majority of them are Japanese). Speaking of which, Juan P and I saw like 40 Japanese tourists on our way to the library. One particularly enthusastic man took a picture of us as we walked by. I should have taken a picture of him right back.

Anyway, after the bar we went to a park and had an horchata. Horchata is a typical mediterranean drink made from chufa (a root), water and sugar. It's of arabic origin and it entered Europe through Spain during the period of Arabic occupation of southern Spain. It is also fucking delicious.