Toledo is the old capital of Castilla, where Castellano comes from. Castellano is what Spaniards to this day call the language we grow up knowing as Spanish. So while it is Spanish and I understand it, the accent in this part of the country tends to be far stronger than the one I am used to in Madrid. This meant I struggled sometimes to understand the people here at first.
Spain uses the euro, which is also the official currency of 20 other countries in Europe, including France, Italy and Germany. At the time of writing, 1 euro is the same as 1.16 US Dollars. Also, fun fact: while this symbol, $, means dollar, this one, €, means euro.
In Spain a bottle of water usually costs you anything from 1€ to 2€.
In Spain, many restaurants have a lunch time menu called Menu del Dia, which is a deal by which you get two plates, one dessert, and one drink for anything between 10€ to 16€. Two days ago, I went to a Peruvian restaurant which offered this deal. I really enjoyed that restaurant because I got to try things I had never tried before. For my drink, I got a juice called Maracuya, which was delicious.
