Spain: Montserrat and Valencia
Hi All, It has been awhile since I last wrote. I had to rush off to Michigan for a family emergency. I am very happy to be home. I missed my wife, Laila, Pico, and the sun. Back to Spain. After we left Barcelona we headed to the Monastery at Montserrat. Even though we enjoyed Barcelona, it was very nice to get back to small towns and out of the hustle of Barcelona. I guess we are not city folks. The mountain range sticks out of the flatlands like a behemoth. One of the things I found fascinating was the whole range is made up of conglomerate rock. Conglomerate rock are smaller stones cemented together. It can look like a dry stream bed on its side. As you can see in this next picture there is everything from hand and fist size rocks. You can also tell from this picture there is climbing. The Monastery itself was tucked back in the mountain about 10km up a narrow, winding road. We had a small car and were almost run off the road a couple of times by giant tour buses. There is no way the...