Barcelona Montserrat

Yesterday we visited Montserrat, about 60 miles from Barcelona. This is a place where many make a pilgrimage to. There is a very old small basilica with a convent and monastery built into the walls of these very interesting mountains. As with most catholic sites, there is all kinds of money makers%u226admission to the mountain, a cog rail to the top of the mountain, gift shops, hotels and rooms for the pilgrims, cafeteria%u219s and candle stands. As you can see from the pictures, the views from the top are great, however, it was cloudy and smoggy. We returned to Barcelona in time to clean up and meet with some new friends for dinner. We ate at a well-known Tapas restaurant located in one of the two huge markets in the city. It was wonderful; we ordered a bunch of things and then we tried some of each. Of course, we drank Cava, it is almost of cheap as coke! Today we packed up and headed off to %u21Cel porto%u21D to board our ship. Our room is wonderful with a large balcony facing directly to the aft of the ship. We will have a wonderful view of where we have been! Below are several pictures of Montserrat, also several pictures of Barcelona the city and then some pictures of our room. Nothing humorous happened today, but were were concerned about our luggage being delivered to our room soo late! We could see large carts of luggage on the dock, sitting in the full hot sun, and we worried that our bags were there.. and they were. Our worry was that the bottle of Cava, that we hide in our bag, would explode from the heat and soak our clothes! All%u219s well that ends well!