Montserrat

Last night we had dinner at an Italian restaurant -ginos. We arrived at 9 pm and everyone at the tables were female. Us boys were unsure of what we had entered. In any case the food was fantastic. We all had a great meals and wine - three bottles of a lovely Tempranillo. When we left at around 11 pm there were people still coming into the restaurant. We had a great night, Ann had a better night.

This morning we head off to Montseratt. We have to be there at 8.30 am. The weather is cool and cloudy. We are a group of about 20. The drive to the Mont is about an hour. Once there we have free time until 2.30. Early it is quite cool up on the mountain. We plan to use the funicular to get to the top and walk down. However the drivers are on strike and Ann, Ross, Luggy and I decide to walk as far as we can and Karen and Kaye visit a museum. 

At about 2 pm it starts to rain and ends up raining the rest of the day. We have been lucky with the weather, but it has finally caught up with us. We leave at 2.30 and head off on the cabs and wine tour.

We visited the Pares Balta vineyard and cellars. Our guide a lovely young lass who was very passionate about their wine was fantastic. During the tastings the grandfather came out and regaled us stories about his wine. It was a great day and after sampling a number of wines we bought some to take home with us - back to the apartment.

On the drive home it rained continually. We got home after 7.30 pm and decided to have in house tapas from the cheese, meats biscuits and wine we had.

Can't believe we have almost finished. Tomorrow it appears it will be a shopping and relaxing day in preparation for our flight home.

Shortly after standing in the magic circle, Karen miraculously threw her walking stick away!!!!!