Montserrat - Just Outside of Barcelona

One of our days in Barcelona, we decided to take a day-trip to Montserrat, a Benedictine Abbey tucked high on the side of a range of serrated mountains (hence the name).  We began the trip with a one hour train ride from the city into the mountains.  What Kathy didn’t realize was that Roger’s primary purpose in making the journey was to hike in the mountains, not to see the world famous abbey.  So hike we did...but only after a hair-raising funicular ride further up the side of the mountain.  After lunch on the trail and our return to the Abbey, we took a brief look around and headed back to the train.  We met a wonderful woman on our journey.  She was traveling alone through Spain and had just completed a walk to Santiago de Compostela.  We will keep in touch.  A kindred spirit.

 

 

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