We said good bye to Lynn this am. This was our transition day from the western med to the 12 day eastern med cruise. We got off the ship around 830 and headed out to the plaza de espanya to catch a train
To Montserrat. It is about an hour train ride through the Spanish country side to this spectacular mountain Monastery. Once you get off the train you connect with the mountain funicular that will take you up to the top of this mountain. It is a truly awesome site.
We arrived just in time to hear most of the high Spanish mass at the basilica . this included singing by the Montserrat boys choir which is one of the oldest in Europe. After the mass they do a 2 song concert as well.
We then got in line to see the Black Madonna, carved by the apostle St John. I don’t know a lot on the history of this, so I will need to do some research when I get home. We returned to Barcelona and took the metro to Las Rambles. It was packed. It was good to see that all the street “performers” are our and about in the late fall. So we should see lots of weirdoes on our return to Barcelona. Chris was starving so we splint a late lunch and got back to the ship about 530.
We have a spa package this cruise…….so off we went.
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