Gorgeous Girona

Hi guys, we are in a truly wonderful hotel near the old city of Girona and it is even nicer than our last hotel. Oriol our guide gave us a nice tour of the old city after we arrived and then left us own our own for dinner and exploring. The medieval part of Girona is quite manageable and after dinner as we were sitting at the foot of the steps to the cathedral, a lot of our kids came down the steps, counting to see if there were indeed 92--there are 90-- and we just kind of ran into each other. That was a nice feeling.

Prior to Girona we went to Montserrat Monastery---wow. It is hanging high up on the mountains which we could see as we approached them and which our driver skillfully managed to switchback up. The monastery houses about 80 monks and 50 choirboys. We attended mass which was truly packed and then directly after mass the choir boys sang and then we did both of our Ave Marias and Psalmo 150--our offering to the Madonna, the Moreneta--a small statue of the virgin which is housed in the basilica and is the subject of several legends, including that the original was carved by St. Luke and brought here by St. Peter.

Today we have a boat ride on the Costa Brava from one sweet town to another. What a trip we are having. We did remember our home choir friends at about 6pm here when they were just about singing the anthem. We miss everyone!!!