Mountains of Montserrat

Monastery

Only two more weeks left in Spain and I wanted to take the time to see everything around Barcelona before I leave. A day trip to the monastery of Montserrat was recommended to me many times last weekend me and a group of girls took a train, a cable car, and yet a smaller train to get to the top of the mountain. The whole mountain is made of sheets of rock that have been worn into round shapes. I've never seen anything like it.

The monastery was gorgeous but a little dark inside so the pictures aren't as clear, but it must have had 200 types of silver and gold lanterns! The monastery is most famous for their statue of the Black Virgin which is the patroness of Catalonia which was crafted from wood in the 12th century.



Looking back from the monastery courtyard