Wow! Three Gems in One Day - Wow! what a Day! It was a wonderful private road trip with Rodrigo to Poblet Monastery, Siurana and… Montserrat (yes, I finally got here!) Only took me five trips to Spain to get here. Rodrigo was the perfect guide, kind and attentive to my needs. Poblet has been home to a monastic community for years and was founded in the year 1150. It fell into a sad state in the 1830s but was restored to its former glory by four trusty and rich Italian Cistercians, and is now both an institution and a monument well worthy of a visit. I really loved the cloister. After that drive me to what I think of as Spain’s most beautiful villages, Siurana. It is a tiny, medieval village you have walk into as the streets are exceptionally narrow. It is a limestone paradise in Catalunya and because of the amazing, tall limestone cliffs, is very popular with climbers. I saw so many dashes of colourful clothing of the climbers as we wound out way to the top to explore the village and enjoy a leisurely lunch. It was lovely to have his company así have been travelling alone. Then, it was onwards to Montserrat, now late afternoon, which worked in my favour as nearly everyone had left by then. I truly appreciated this unique mountain because it is spectacular from a geological point of view, and also because this Benedictine monastery has more than a thousand years of history. I’ll didn’t have time to see the Holy Grotto but enjoyed the basilica, the Angelic door, many of its spaces and made sure I touched the right hand of Our Lady known also as the Black Madonna, who holds in her hand a sphere, the symbol of the universe. Gabi believed in the universe so I lit a long lasting blue candle in his memory. Today was a very special day for me. Really you need a whole day in Montserrat alone. Thank you Rodrigo for a memorable day.