Church of Santo Tome
For another day trip, my mom and I headed to Toledo, which was a short 30 minute train from downtown Madrid. We hopped on the express train first thing in the morning and arrived in Toledo. We hightailed it over to Toledo. Secret: there are escalators up to the town on the right hand side as you approach it. They are within a parking garage! I knew that the Church of Santo Tome had to be on the list. One of El Greco's paintings, The Burial of the Count of Orgaz , (the link has a picture of the painting) is directly on the wall of the Church. It is one of the two paintings that he has on the " 1001 paintings to see before you die " list. And it is the main (read: only) attraction in this Church. We quickly got into the Church as I could see a few tour groups getting the summary outside. Boy, I was grateful we did -- the side Chapel is quite small. We could not even go into the other part of the Church. ...