Toledo’s Palacial Patios

The deal is that once year, for one week only (for the duration of the Corpus Christi celebrations, Toledo’s biggest annual event), a number of private houses open their patios (inner courtyards) for the general public to mooch around in.

I wasn’t intending to go this year, but then my friend Cristina, who I was having lunch with today, suggested that it would make for a fun photo hunt. And so it did 🙂

There was even one that had been turned into a private art gallery! Unfortunately, none of the pics I took of that one is in any way presentable.

A tile mural of Toledo

I took this one a few weeks ago. It’s the patio of an important historic building called Casa Del Judio (House of the Jew). My friend Olga (posing like a good sport) grew up here, and her mother still lives there

Cristina, my patio tour accomplice

Toledo Trails: Ambling from A To B

Yesterday afternoon, on my way to a friend’s house, I took a few pics. It was a dull, grey day with not much to commend itself… but there’s nothing like a stint of gratuitous photo posting on a Sunday morning 😉

…featuring, needless to say, the obligatory cat.

Roses in bloom – always photogenic, even against a grey sky

Said cat. When I spotted it, it was sitting slap bang in the middle of the stairs, bushy tail trailing down coquettishly. Of course, by the time I got my camera out, the recalcitrant creature had scuttled off to the side, cowering and glaring at me.

The patio inside the building where my friend lives. And not a hair out of place!