Last night was Veronica's last night in Toledo, and she wanted to go for one final walk around the outside of the city. We met at 7:00pm and left the city - it was still very hot at this time of the day. We walked from the main square (Plaza de Zocodover) out of the city and over a bridge across the river. This was the first time I had actually left the city.

This is a bridge called the Punte de Alcántara and was originally built by the Romans

This is the view of the river from the bridge

There are a couple of different walks around the outside of the city: There is a route that takes you between the city and the river, and is very low and close to the river; and another that takes you around the outside high above the river. We took the outside walk as it offers some stunning views of the city. The photos don't really do it justice.

This is a (somewhat blurry) picture of me with the Alcazar in the background

You can see most of the city from the hills

Catedral de Santa María de Toledo

Puente de San Martín is a 14th century medieval bridge with a tower at each end

Part way around the walk we stopped at a bar for a 'clara' which is basically a shandy - it was still really hot and our bottles of water were warm and not nice to drink any more. We also received some free tortilla which was nice!

When we returned to the city we had dinner and a few drinks, and chatted for a while (in Spanish of course) outside a bar close to the house where Veronica is staying. By the time we parted it was midnight, and we swapped contact details. I also took some photos of Veronica's house for her which I will send to her later.

Veronica outside her house