Huerto de la Virgen de las Nieves
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Thousands of terraces, millions of rocks
I'm making an entry without photos today....there should be some pics but unfortunately I left my camera on the table in our rush to leave the house after a delayed departure thanks to some repairmen.
At any rate, I'd love to tell you about the day. We spent our morning tending to household chores, laundry, maintenance issues and a computer problem with Lars' PC. All of these issues were resolved at ...
Trip to Xativa
... time to leave, some of the group took the tram back down the mountain, and some of us walked. Although it was hot, I really enjoyed the walk down. It was great to be able to see the ruins perched high above us from various perspectives.
When we got to the bottom we walked back into the town and found an outdoor cafe to eat and relax. I still had a sandwich with me, so I only ordered tinto de verano (wine with carbonated water) and later ...
More Family time less sightseeing
... sweet slushy drink ever invented.
Dipping fartons (sweet bread sticks) into it makes horchata even more
amazing. In the evening, Mindy and I discovered Elias' playstation 3 and a
fun video game that we all played for an hour or so ever night until we
left.
Day 3 (Monday, May 24, 2010)
Mindy and I went to the Science museum and watch and ocean wildlife movie in
an Imax. The outside of the science museum is more impressive ...
Knocking on Heaven's door - Montserrat
... mountain, and she delves into the legend about a shepherd boy who discovers a black Madonna in 880 AD. He tries to bring it down from the mountain on a donkey but it gets heavier and heavier until he’s unable to carry it, so he brings it back and the village builds a shrine where it’s found. According to Catholic history, the Black Virgin of Montserrat was carved by St. Luke ...
Montserrat
... view of the mountain and the monastery from the top. We then took a walk on a path that was supposed to take us to the highest point of Montserrat mountain. There are 2 paths you can take, the San Joan path and this other path (the name escapes me at this point, I'm thinking is the Jeroni path). This 2nd path they say will take about 60 minutes one way but it says to be the best path for the best view. We had a little over 2 hours before the last funicular ...
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