LMGI COMPASS
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Spring 2024
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LM Simon Daniel: Carolina,
who organized the Marketplace
and the tours, told me as we left
Valladolid, that we, the Castile-
La Mancha group, got the food
tour and she was right. The
food was amazing! We started
in Toledo, the former armory
of Spain that was founded by
the Romans BCE. As it started
pouring rain, we looked for
shelter at the Santa Maria Cathedral, one of Spain's main gothic cathedrals.
The next stops were a privately owned airport, an old mercury mine, and
a farmhouse in Dehasa de Montreal with a desert landscape and small
mountains and canyons in its backyard.
Finally, we arrived at Don Quixote's windmills, next
to the ruins of the fortress of Consuegra. On the way
back, we saw a village built from black slate, and a
well-preserved fortress in Siguenza. Our last stop was
a wellness resort which was nicely integrated in an old
textile manufacture building. In Brihuega, we came in
contact with a Spanish tradition, the bullfighting!
LM Peter Gray: I really enjoyed my time in Toledo.
Despite the big downpour of rain and weather
conditions, we trooped on in exploring the Old Town,
Castle De Consuegra and finding some shelter within
Santa Iglesia Cathedral. The Cathedral had a beautiful
courtyard and cloisters, which I thought would have
worked nicely on a show I previously worked on!
Mining town by Peter Gray/LMGI
Airport terminal by Peter Gray/LMGI
