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Length of Stage 102 km
Altitude to climb 1858 m
No-one is up in the Hotel as we
leave (that’s why we had to pay cash in advance), so we have
the usual „Bar"-breakfast. On the road again we are
biking uphill, downhill, with the mountains of Montserrat always
ahead of us. The rocks are getting more and more impressive and
after each curve one should take a picture. As we reach the top
of a col the street continues parallel to the Rocks: hopefully we
don’t get a stiff neck from all this turning! The last
kilometer uphill we bike through a „Mega" car park and,
are in front of the cloister. Here we exchange bike- against
jogging-shoes and have a nice walk in and around the monastery.
For Lunch we settle on the Terrasse of one of the self-service
Restaurants and enjoy the beautiful sight from high above. We
continue our journey, bike easily down along the rocks and on a
big road (for us) travel on to Terrassa, Rubi and Sant Cugat.
Here we rest again and then are ready for the ascent to the
Tibidabo = a gigantic amusement park. At this point, high above
Barcelona with a beautiful sight over all of the city, we allow
ourselves the first ice cream of the day. Then down it goes,
across part of the Town, bike a little bit on the highway and
finally arrive at the airport. Iberia is fully booked, means we
have to fly Swissair. Close by we find a Hotel where we can store
our bikes away and get ready for the night life of Barcelona. A
nice way to finish an absolutely great trip!
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