Barcelona: Montserrat

Near Barcelona is a large monastery up in the mountains. To get there, we rode a cable car up the mountain. That got us to the monastery, but we then got on a small train to climb the rest of the way up the mountain to see a hermitage. The view was spectacular. We went on a little hike around the top of the mountain and got great panorama shots.

At Montserrat, there is a world famous boys' choir. It was amazing to hear them and while they gave a really short performance, it was absolutely spectacular.

 I loved seeing the beautiful monastery, and it was crazy to imagine the churches being constructed with stone probably hauled up from the base of the mountain by cart. I preferred the cable car for sure.