A beautiful sunrise met us as we pulled into the cruise terminal in Barcelona, Spain.
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| Christopher Columbus statue |
This was one of our favourite cities on the last world cruise, today we're heading out to Montserrat, a mountain range not too far from the city.
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| The drive up the mountain |
I will say that there was a fair bit of pollution around the city that was noticeably increased since we visited 10 years ago. It took us about an hour and a half to get out of the city and up into the mountains.
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| The drive.. |
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| Dave at the lookout |
The drive was quite good, if a little hairy in parts (especially going up the side of the mountain - those bus drivers must really be old hands at it, as they flew around corners way faster than I would have!).
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| The Monastery |
We arrived at the monastery and had a walk around looking at all the religious items, it's quite an impressive complex - we didn't end up going all the way to the top, I didn't like the look of the elevator/train that went up the side of the mountain - just way too steep.
It was a nice visit.. lots of tourists arrived about half an hour after we arrived, glad we got there early - it was packed by the time we left.
Was a good day!
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