Montserrat, I adore you! It is a beautiful monastery, high in the mountains with a magical church, restaurants, museums – it’s like their own village. Like I mentioned, it is very high on a mountain so we were able to take a cable car down to really take in all the scenery! The choir on our tour were able to perform quickly inside of the church and it was breathtaking.

From Cuenca we have traveled to Valencia, which took about close to 3 hours (with a bathroom break) and we entered the beautiful city that is in the midst of their “Fallas” celebration! It is huge for their city as many people come near and far to experience it – and we actually did not plan to be there specifically for that so it turned out we could see something amazing!

Wow! Cuenca is absolutely magical! We stayed in a prime location as our view of the city, was perfect. There are two parts of Cuenca, the new town and the old town. We stayed in the old town and my pictures will show you why!

Madrid has come and gone and it was a very quick trip for me there! I was able to stay in the heart of the city and so truly able to get to experience it even with only being there for a day.Like I mentioned, I am now with a big group so there are much different responsibilities here as they are the clients and we are making their tour of Spain as best as we can. I am with some amazing people and a variety that are some well traveled, foodies, wine connoisseurs, you name it!

Spain I have arrived!!!! This part of my trip will be very different than my last. I have arrived in Madrid with about 200 travelers from a high school in California. They will be on a very special choir tour so my time in Spain will include them and their parents, family and friends, too.