Everyone you meet in Spain will tell you that the village or
town they come from is the best in Spain.
It has the best cathedral, the best food, the most delicious wine
etc. Most of the times I just smile and
think you don’t hear that in Canada. I
like the city I am from but I by no means think Barrie is the best city in
Canada. But here people are very proud
of where they come from and it is nice to hear.
Now on occasion someone is actually right though, I mean one of the
cities has to be the best right? Well
when Daoiz told us that Palencia had the best cathedral he wasn't kidding.
We hoped on a train to Palencia to spend an afternoon
wandering around one beautiful Saturday in September and we happened upon the
cathedral accidentally. We had walked all
by the river and turned up a street to this huge building. We didn't realize what it was at first
because we were looking at the side of it so when we walked around and saw the
gorgeous arched doorway we knew we had found something amazing.
Every cathedral is beautiful. The art work, the architecture, the tiny
details in each turn, stained glass windows, the 30 foot ceilings and statues
are breathtaking. But Palencias cathedral
stands out in my mind as the best one we have seen. It took us over an hour to see each room and
admire all the artwork. Also they have a
crypt you can go down into so that is right up my ally. You can’t really see anything but just being
down there gives you intense feelings. I
recommend going to Palencia if only for the cathedral. You will not regret it.
The rest of the city was just a city really. Not much going on that we found particularly
interesting. We did enjoy some delicious
coffee and pastry on a lovely patio though. Somehow we can always find delicious coffee; Must be the millions (hyperbole) of cafe/bars in every town no matter the size.
The train station there is very busy so I recommend getting
tickets early and not just arriving at the station hoping to get on a
train. We have had a few instances there
in which we ended up having to wait for over an hour for a train that was not
full. The ride to Palencia from
Valladolid is around 7 euros each and it takes about 45 minutes to commute in
between.
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