Our first stop was the little village of Sallent - a great introduction to Spain. For its size, there were an abundance of plazas where all the towns people gather after work until stumps which is about 1 or 2 am - kids and grannies too - such friendly people and a wonderful atmosphere.
Not so many people in the mornings though...
Our AirBnB place was a couple of kms out of town up a dirt road to a hilltop residence with a number of rooms (all with 2ft+ thick stone walls) and a superb pool / event area. It's a popular place for weddings...
here is the view out of our bedroom window...
In the distance you can see the multi-peaked Montserrat mountain where apparently there is a famous monastery - Monestir de Montserrat.
We went looking for it up a long winding road and came across this... surely this must be it!
...nope, Monestir de St Benet de Montserrat... close but no dice.
Further up the winding track was a boom-gate with a fee to continue... It was getting close to drink time so we decided save our pocket money and head back down.
On the way back down we were stuck behind this tour minibus...
Back down the bottom we found the quick and "easy" way up to the monastery... and we also caught a glimpse of the elusive monastery way up in the rock face...
... we weren't keen to take the ride up - it was pretty windy and the little cable-cars were getting quite a sway up!
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