The village at the top of the mountain

 The Monastery facade

 Unusual stained glass windows

 The Black Madonna, a unique aspect of this Monastery

 An amazing, newly installed pipe organ

The view from the top

Mon. Jan. 23

We drove to Barcelona Montserrat, a spectacularly beautiful Benedictine monk mountain retreat about one hour North West of Barcelona. Not only is Montserrat Monastery of religious importance, but the natural beauty surrounding the monastery is simply breathtaking. Another highlight of our visit was listening to the famous and incredibly angelic sounding Basilica boy’s choir performance of religious choral music.