Toledo Street

The city of Toledo is an intricate, windy conglomeration of narrow and often steep streets — a map shows a magnificent labyrinth placed atop a hill.

The policeman directed us down a street that led into a small plaza. We found several narrow streets came into the area, but only one went out, and the sign said this Toledo street is two meters wide, building to building, not curb to curb. Our Dodge RV Van was two meters plus mirrors. As we were trying to decide what to do, a small truck about our size went through, so we tried it. Had about 2 inches between each mirror and the buildings. People had to step into doorways as we passed, no other room for them.

A little while later we came back nearly that same way, determined to use another street, but again, the police wouldn’t let us. Of course we had confidence we could make it, but we also had a car in front of us with a flat tire, with an unhappy Toledo policemen telling them to hurry, a truck stopped to make a delivery, and a Spanish Army truck that was stopped in our way. No one seems to think we should expect a clear street, but all it took to solve the problem was time.

Time will also solve a freeway traffic jam anywhere in the USA, but compare the vista out our window in Toledo, Spain, with the vista from a freeway jam in Toledo, Ohio!!!