It's our last day here and by far one of the most wonderful. We met up with one of Sarah's Edinburgh friends for tapas and later went to the Picasso Museum, which houses many of his earlier works. Later we wandered up to Park Guel, also designed by Gaudi, which has the longest park bench in the world. Go Gaudi! After a bit more wandering we came across a Starbucks, and I struck up a conversation with the barista in my slow Spanish. He spoke so fast, it was hard to understand, but along with our coffee, we ended up with an invitation to a Starbucks party they were having the next day. Too bad we couldn't make it!
TOM GEGGEL / SPECIAL TO THE SEATTLE TIMES
Baton Rouge 224 is of the Monastery at Monserrat. Only accessible by gondola or for fierce hikers!
Then we took the train out to Montserrat. It's only an hour away and a gondola ride up a very steep cliff to the monastery on top. There were a couple groups of French high school students on field trips there. It would be great to go to school in a European country — for all of your breaks, you get to travel to different cities with your classmates. The schoolkids made the train ride back particularly crowded; Tom and I had to sit on the luggage racks and I fell asleep and almost missed our stop.
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