Thursday Door – Toledo, Spain
Sorry that I scheduled this post on the wrong date. It went live last night when there was nothing but a couple of photos. I’m still not quite ready for a complete post because I’m in the middle of formatting my new book, The Winding Road. I got the final file from my editor last week. I did the corrections and listened to the computer read to me multiple times. The computer reads every word, it’s a good way to catch some typos and other errors. I uploaded it onto KDP and ordered a proof copy. Then I had the computer read to me again and followed the book. You know what? The computer didn’t catch a missing punctuation and a few typos. Anyway, I sent out the file to have a designer convert it into ePub for the eBook. So, I had to tell him to redo the ePub file.
I hope to publish my book in the first week of August because hubby and I will visit the grandkids. After that, we’ll take a short trip to Canada.
This post will be Toledo, Part 1.
After touring Madrid, we went on to the next city, Toledo. The tour bus drove 42 miles south-southwest of Madrid and arrived on the other side of the city. Toledo is situated on a rugged promontory washed on three sides by the Tagus River.
We stopped for a while to admire the panoramic view of the city’s surroundings. I took quite a few photos of the city. Then the tour bus took us to tour the city. The tour guide was very informative to introduce us to some major buildings, structures, and churches in Toledo. We only visit the outside of these buildings. The only place we toured inside was Santa Maria de la Blanca Synagogue. I will have some photos of the synagogue and several other places next week.
The Santiago del Arrabal Church (Iglesia de Santiago del Arrabal) is a 13th-century Catholic church built in 1245–48, at the orders of Sancho II, on the site of an earlier building, possibly a mosque. Many characteristics of Islamic architecture, such as the horseshoe arch, have remained in the present building which is built in the Mudéjar style.
The Mosque of Christ of the Light (Mosque Cristo de la Luz)is a Catholic chapel and former mosque in Toledo It is one of the ten that existed in the city during the Moorish period. It is located near the Puerta del Sol, in an area of the city once called Medina where wealthy Muslims used to live.
The Church of San Ildefonso (Iglesia de San Ildefonso Jesuitas) is a Baroque-style church located in the historic center of Toledo. It is the second largest temple in the city after the Toledo Cathedral. It was built in the highest part of Toledo and offers a gorgeous view of the city from the top of its twin towers.
The following photos are the narrow streets. They are really narrow. Probably the neighbors can see each other across the street. These streets reminded me of the movie The Italian Job with three Mini Coopers. I could see the Coopers could run through these narrow streets. Some narrow streets are twice the size of the photos included here. Small cars like the coopers can go through them. The pedestrians would compete with the cars for the space though. Lynton pulled me closer to the wall once when a car came by.
I’ll have a lot more to share with you next week. Spain was one of my favorite countries for visit. I hope to go back someday.
I think of Darlene Foster and Joy Lennick as I write the posts about Spain. They have a lot more personal experiences to share with you.
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It looks like a beautiful ancient city. The narrow streets remind me of parts of Venice I wandered through many years ago.
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Oh, Vince, Debra, that’s where I want to go soon. Maybe that’s where the movie The Italian Job was filmed. How wonderful you wandered through those streets.
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How are you doing Miriam Hurdle.?
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It was a long time ago, but Venice was one of my most memorable adventures traveling through Europe 🙂
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I can understand it was your most memorable travel, Debra. Even though I haven’t been there, I got a sentiment impression about Venice before of the movie The Merchant of Venice. We have a reproduction of painting of Venice. 🙂
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Hi Miriam, I saw the earlier post and did wonder. I thought you were doing a sort of wordless Wednesday type of post. I like it better with the detail included. Thanks for sharing about these lovely buildings and places. I’d like to visit Spain, but it will be the Netherlands first
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It shocked me to live the post live, Robbie. But this community is so kind, so I didn’t mind. We loved Netherlands. Good to hear you’ll travel there.
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I am looking forward to going to the Netherlands. I have made mistakes with posting too and I’ve had to re-schedule it. Then people get a notification but there is not post. Eeek!
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I know, Robbie. One post I worked on, I didn’t want it to go live but it did, and got many likes. I quickly rescheduled it to a year later! I can put it in a subheading, so it’s there.
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Hi Miriam
Congrats on getting the book to the next phase!
And I was just Reading on “story empire” a post about the read aloud to catch typos and so reading how you use it was in line with that and such a great tip!
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And enjoyed your post so much – Toledo is beautiful
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Thank you very much, Yvette! I was short of time to do this post. I’ll try to do part 2 of Toledo and include more.
Yes, I love the text to speech feature on Word. I use it every week to check my chapter before submitting to my writing group for the critique.
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What beautiful pictures Miriam. The history and story are so rich. So exciting it’s near book launch time!
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I love Spain, Cindy. We could stay an entire week in each city we visited. Out of 10 historical sites, we only toured one or two in each city. I’m excited about the book launch also. Thank you. ❤ ❤
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how wonderful. I hope to go someday .. Oh enjoy all of the excitement of it! 💖💖💖👏👏
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Thank you very much, Cindy! ❤ ❤ 🙂
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You have captured so many beautiful buildings and doors. The streets in Europe all seem narrow to those of us used to six or eight lane highways and superhighways. When I was in Italy, I was so impressed with how beautiful not only the buildings were but even tools and instruments from the past.
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I know, Marsha. I understand some European countries don’t have Lexus and Acura. They are the upgraded versions and bigger cars for Toyota and Honda. The lanes are narrower in Europe.
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It’s a different ambiance. 🙂
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I kind of like the European countries. 🙂
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Just kind of?
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Woohoo! Travel posts are my favorite! Love the pictures. Keep them coming. Best – Sara
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Thank you, Sara! I learn a lot from travel posts also. Doing the posts help to refresh my memories. I can also put some good photos in a separate folder, and should delete a lot of the bad ones!
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Beautiful images of Toledo, Miriam! Those narrow streets look intriguing! Europe has such amazing architecture. Hope all is well with the formatting of your next book!
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I like going to Europe because of the history and architecture we seem to be lacking in the US. Thank you, Terri. I ordered a second round of proof. I should know if everything is okay by next week!
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I love the huge church doors, and those cobbled streets.
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I love the architecture of the churches in Spain, Deborah. The streets are interesting. Thank you.
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It looks so stunning, Miriam. Toni x
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Thank you very much, Toni.
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Absolutely beautiful, Miriam. Spain is on my bucket list and I will get there some day. Good luck with the final stage of your book editing, Miriam.
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That’s wonderful, Carla! You probably don’t mind the hot weather in Spain. We went in August and it was not terribly hot. I love the way they preserved the ancient architecture. The catholic churches kept the interior of the Islamic temple and remodeled the exterior. Thank you, I’m done editing my book, waiting to see what the proof looks like because I have many photos in the last two chapters. The last chapter is about life after cancer including my current visits to see my grandkids and my travel, etc.
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Quite lovely…one of my favorite xountry ans city. Good luck with your new book…
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Thank you so much, Billy!
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I’m excited for you, Miriam. I had not heard about your new book. It makes me happy when any of my author friends reach the finish line and bring their new baby into the world for others to enjoy.
Remarkable architecture in Toledo. Did you feel claustrophobic in any of those narrow openings?
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Thank you, Pete. You volunteered to host my book tour in the first week of September. Would you like to do it on Thursday 9/8 or Friday 9/9?
Spain is my favorite country because of their architecture. No, I didn’t feel claustrophobic, I’ve been to narrower streets than those.
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Thanks for the reminder, Miriam. This old memory of mine is getting less reliable.🤔 I will write it down on my calendar right now. (Yes, I’m old school and still use a calendar for that purpose.) I’d prefer Thursday, Sept. 8. I know I’ve already committed to being a stop on Diana Peach’s tour on Monday, Sept. 12, and that will give me an extra day in between. Please let me know when your book becomes available so I can read it ahead of time.
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Thursday 9/8 is good, Pete. Robbie will wrap up on Friday. I only invited 5 people to do it for 5 days. I have a busy summer schedule. If I don’t do it in September, I’ll have to wait for another month.
I’m waiting for the second proof from KDP. Monday 8/1 will mark 14 years after my diagnosis. I’ll try to push for that day. I’ll let you know. I’ll send you the post at least two weeks before your stop. Thank you so much.
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Congratulations on your most important milestone—14 years.
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Yes, better yet, 13 years of remission.
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Beautiful pics. I liked the narrow lanes
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Thank you. The narrow lanes are interesting.
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Those really are narrow, with doors off of them. How streets used to be…
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There must be a good reason and practical to them when they built the narrow lanes.
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So glad to get the full batch of wonderful photos, Miriam. I liked what I saw in the first post. I figured you were busy. I’m so glad to hear about the progress on your book. I look forward to its release. You have a busy stretch coming up., I hope it all goes well.
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I’ll have part 2 of Toledo with more architecture and doors. I ordered the second proof from KDP. If it looks good, I’ll be ready to publish it. I’ll prepare the blog posts soon.
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I’m excited for you. I now actually understand that feeling.
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Wow, our club is getting bigger! I think Robbie is ready to come back to your bar in October. Her Halloween children’s book should be published by then.
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That works well for me.
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We can talk some more when it gets closer.
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Wonderful photos, Miriam, and wishing you all the best with your new book. 💞
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Thank you very much, Lauren! ❤
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Thank you for sharing these photos from your trip, Miriam. The churches are spectacular! Are the narrow streets open to vehicle traffic or just pedestrians? Best wishes for your new book. I recently started using the text to voice feature in Word for proofreading. It works very well to catch errors that have gotten by me.
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Thank you, Liz. Some streets are twice of the width as these and are open to small cars. I posted one duplicate photo, so I replaced it with one with a car. I like the text to voice feature. I could make faster speech to run through the book in a shorter time just to catch the last bit of error.
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You’re welcome, Miriam.
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🙂 🙂
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I have lived in Toledo! Toledo, Ohio, that is. So, now I can say I have seen Toledo, Spain. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
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Haha, Annette. When I google Toledo, it took me else where rather than to Spain. When I saw the modern high building, I realized it was a different place.
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I loved Toledo too Miriam. Hope the book comes together 🙂
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Thank you, Brian. Have you been there? 🙂
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I have been to Toledo twice 🙂
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Oh, wow! That’s super! 🙂
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Thanks for the shoutout, Miriam. Toledo is an amazing city. Good luck with your new book. xo
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Great you share your tour visited toledo. Beautiful place. Nice Mosque architecture bild. Beautiful narrow Street photography. Good luck Mam your new book comming.
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Thank you so much, Rajkkhoja. I’m glad you liked Toledo architecture. I like it very much. Thank you for your wishes for my book.
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You are most welcome mam. Gald too . !
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You’re welcome, Darlene. I think I’ve seen some photos of Catedral Primada from your post. I got a few photos of it and post them next week. I love the text to voice feature for proofreading.
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