[Magdalen] Travel Plans

[Ann Markle]

Montserrat is about 45 minutes outside Barcelona. Tours are plentiful and
can be booked from your hotel. I’m sure there’s a lot of other
transportation. It’s a very popular tourist/pilgrimage site - we had to
wait in line for 2 hours to see “La Moreneta” (the madonna). But it was
well worth it. There’s also a famous boys choir, stunning scenery, and a
cable car to the highest point. Wish I’d had at least a half day there.

On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 11:03 PM Joseph Cirou <romanos at mindspring.com>
wrote:

>
>
> Just how close is Monterrat to Batalona?
>
> I wanted to buy my parents something for their anniversary back in 1965.
> So I saw this seated statue that I decided it could pass for Our Lady of Mt
> Carmel (their anniversary is on July 16th the Feast of Carmel) I turned out
> I bought them a statue of Our Lady of Montserrat, but it was a truly
> beautiful piece and it matched their color scheme. They had it for years,
> then I got it then it was broken.
>
> Joe
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu>
> >Sent: Jan 23, 2018 10:59 PM
> >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> >Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Travel Plans
> >
> >Definitely spend a little time in Barcelona, see Sagrada Familia (Gaudi's
> >cathedral) and the black madonna of Montserrat (near Barcelona). And
> >definitely go to Paris! I promised myself I would not like Paris (because
> >everyone else does) — but I LOVE 💗 Paris! I want to see more of Spain,
> and
> >definitely Portugal. Wish I were going with you! Have a wonderful time.
> >
> >On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 5:33 PM Rick Mashburn <ricklmashburn at gmail.com>
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Alex and I decided to bite the bullet and make 2018 our year of travel.
> >> (OK, it helps a LOT that USAA is very generous with employee bonuses!
> And,
> >> as a company, we had a very good year in 2017.) More importantly, we've
> >> been planning and saving for some time as well.
> >>
> >> So, we will be in Mexico City the week of March 12. Alex's first cousin
> is
> >> having her first baby on or about that week so we are hoping to meet
> little
> >> Victoria as well as do some site seeing. Alex and his cousin, Moni, are
> >> only 6 months apart in age and were very close as children so he really
> >> wants to meet his new cousin when she is born. I'm glad because, even
> >> though I've been there several times, I've never been able to visit any
> of
> >> the attractions.
> >>
> >> Then, in June we're going to England, Portugal and Spain. We arrive in
> >> London on the 9th. We are staying with a group of friends in a house
> >> outside Lisbon the following week and the week after that, we're on our
> own
> >> in Spain. We are thinking about an overnight in Paris on our way out of
> >> England but we'll have to see. I don't want to spend too much of our
> time
> >> in transit. We'll be back in SA on the 30th.
> >>
> >> Recommendations are definitely being accepted for one or both trips!
> >> Hopefully, a listmeet or two will be possible as well.
> >>
> >> Peace, Rick
> >>
> >--
> >Ann
> >
> >The Rev. Ann Markle
> >Buffalo, NY
> >www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
>
-- 
Ann

The Rev. Ann Markle
Buffalo, NY
www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com