Monasterio de Montserrat

Yesterday we arrived in Barcelona, started the day with our last breakfast on the ship! We then headed down to the Ramblas and had second breakfast of churros and chocolate while we waited for apartment to be ready!

The approach to the apartment seemed to be a bit dodge but the apartment itself is really nice and big. Finally free wifi.

Montserrat was about a 50 minute train ride out of Barcelona and then connecting to the very fast steep cable car ride up the mountain. I knew it was a popular day trip, but the commercialization of the Montserrat monastery was disappointing. Very poor quality introductory 'film' (ticketed) which was old slides of the priests, choir and the …

Had a wonderful day in Montserrat for Richard's birthday day.... we had to leave early to catch the train by 8.30 and after about an hour on the train transferred to the cable car for the last leg... the views were magnificent!

We walked up to the Monastery and there was an actual service taking place although they still allowed visitors …

When my parents visited, they took a daytrip to the beautiful mountain-side monastery of Montserrat. I was invited, but due to school I couldn't join them. I was super disappointed so my friend Gonzalo and I decided to make the trip on the extremely boring Easter Monday. Easter or Semana Santa in Spain is such a big deal that everything was closed …

Day One

We have arrived finally in Barcelona after our flight being first delayed, then moved up, and then delayed until finally we leave Newark only to almost miss our flight to Barcelona. We asked the agent at the gate in Newark to call ahead to our plane leaving to Spain. They had already closed their doors but did wait the 5 minutes it …

If I didn't love Barcelona already, the end of an almost perfect day has me smitten with the city. With the sun shining strong, it was off on a day trip to Montserrat - an hour by train outside to the city to see the coolest geographical feature I've seen in Spain. The mountains are kind folder vertically, but the cultural draw to them is the …