Montserrat

We woke up on Tuesday morning at 6:15 and found 4 messages from our guide Stephen. He wanted to know if we still wanted to do the tour since it was predicted to be a bad weather day. We decided to go for it.

After breakfast we walked to our meeting point. Our group was only 4 people and the guide. The other couple was from Taiwan, Michael and Pedge. On the ride to Montserrat which took about 45 minutes, Stephen told us historical information about Barcelona and Montserrat.

Fortunately the rain had stopped. We rode a cable car up to the main area where the monastery and church are located, but then rode a finicular up higher on the mountain. We did a hike to see the various features of the spires for which Montserrat is named.

We went to the church which was huge and extremely ornate. We got to hear the famous boy’s choir sing and when we came out it was pouring. Great timing, we got in all the outside activities before the rains came.

We then went to a farm restaurant for lunch. Bette was brave and had boar stew.

Then back to Barcelona and a rainy walk back to the hotel. Tapas for dinner.