Nov.5 2010 Montserrat

Today our tour was to Montserrat,a breathtaking beautiful mountain retreat and spititual monastery.Montserrat is home to the Sanctuary of Our Lady and is 1000 years old. There is much to do here and you can spend a day just hiking around. The holy Grotto is here where the Virgin Mary's 1st image appeared.It is home to National Boy's Choir. We were suppose to hear the boys sing but they were out on tour. We were only here for 2 hours which wasn't very long and we didn't get to the Grotto.It was a beautiful setting and we wish we could of spent more time here.

Montserrat

After we got back from the tour we got on the subway to go the Sagrada La Familia.We stopped by here on the way to Montserrat but they only gave us 10 minutes for photos.We wanted to go inside.The Sagrada is a very famous cathedral which was started by Gaudi in 1882.It is still under constuction and they say it will take another 20 to 30 years to complete. The magnificent spires rise high into the sky.This a very unusal cathedral with fruits and seasons depicted on the outside



We were really lucky to have been able to go inside the cathedral as the Pope and King of Spain were going to be there to dedicate the basilica on Sunday.There were police and blockades everywhere.After we were done there we heading back to hotel and go out to dinner.We ended up in a tapas bar with George and Janice Olsen and had quite the experience.The waiter was rude and didn't seem to want to help us with menu.Janice wanted to get a salad but wanted to know what kind of salads they had.He just brought her one and through it on the table. I think he was having a bad day.Tomorrow a winery.