On the drive up through France, Riu stopped in to visit the medieval walled-city of Carcassone.

It was cold and wet, so she stayed all bundled up.

Before heading off on the road to Ireland to visit her extended family, Riu wanted to swing by and visit her old friend Ari in Barcelona.

Ari, trying to hide…

OH HAI ARI, I SEE YOU.

Onwards to Ireland.

Why yes. Yes, I have lots of questions for you.

On the way north Riu wanted to visit the Mediterranean once more. So she did.

And she went for a nudie swim.

Once the campervan had been nursed back to health…

… we went up Montserrat mountain to see the monastery and go for a hike.

The Barcelona Camino de Santiago route takes you through Montserrat, as you can see from the yellow arrow and the shell symbol.

Our hike today was much shorter, just up to the top of Montserrat itself to see the refugios there.

Nearly at the top. Quite foggy.

Ah yes, here we are at last. Giddy up.

Looking back down at the monastery.

Riu likes a nice climb.

Campervan issues meant that we had to return to Barcelona for a quick visit. There was, of course, time for a quick trip to one last playground in Galicia.

Riu is getting to grips with the concept of slides.

Feeling the fear but doing it anyway.

Let’s go again.

Columpios!

Columpios with Mama.

HAI UP THERE!