Blogs from Monistrol de Montserrat, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe - page 3

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Unfortunately, my camera died before we toured the monastery - I'll steal some of my friends' pics soon so you guys can all check it out, it was really amazing. In the mean time, hope you like landscapes and pictures of rocks. The pictures really don't do it justice. The mountain is a 45 minute train ride from Barcelona, and from the top we could easily see the whole city and the coastline. I have a 360 movie I'll post up soon as well. Disfrute! (Enjoy!)... read more

Buenos Dias! We are in Spain! Barcelona to be more precise. We woke up this morning as the ship was pulling into the docks in Barcelona. And although the city is known for its architecture, food, history and food (did I already mention that?) - we decided that once again we would venture down our own path and leave the city. Gasp! We hopped on a bus (more on the incredible rudeness of Europeans later), then a metro, then a train, then a tram (cremallera) and finally arrived at our destination - Montserrat! Montserrat is about an hour northwest of Barcelona in the Catalonian mountains. It is still used today as a Benedictine monk retreat. We took the funicular up to the Sant Joan church which is high on the other side of the mountain. Such ... read more

Hola, Time has been flying by. Yesterday I was sitting at a cafe with a few other people and I could have sworn it was Wed. But finally they convinced me it was Thursday and I could hardly believe it. My arm stopped cramping...yeah!!! Everything has been going well. Yesterday we went to the Cathedral of Montserrat and they had a really awesome art muesum. They had paintings from 9th century and up. It was really neat to see all the different paintings, many whom I have heard of. Today was a free day and we went to the Picasso art muesum. We also went to a flamingo show and it was so fun. Manana we leave for Madrid by train and get in early afternoon. We cannot take pictures at the muesem's (sorry) so ... read more

Eh oui j'ai décidé de reprendre mon blog et de vous racontez le reste de notre beau voyage. Aujourd'hui, il commence à faire beau nous décidons donc d'aller faire un tour à Montserrat. Le Monestir de Monserrat se trouve en dehors de la ville de Montserrat. Il est a flanc de montagne. Pour se rendre nous avons pris de petites routes à travers les petits villages donc plus de chance de ce perdre ce qui est arrivé! En regardans la carte nous avions mis 1h. pour ce rendre à Barcelone donc nous nous disions que nous aurions juste à rajouter 1 h au pire, ce qui n'a pas été le cas. Ca nous a pris 3h en tout, un vrai pelerinage pour ce rendre. Mais cela vallait le coup. En s'en allant nous avons découvert de ... read more