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Day 21 Travel Home day

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Today we slept in and did not say goodbye to the Larkins as they were already on their way to the airport. Hopefully Joe's head hurt as much as mine did when I woke up from all the fun we had last night. After breakfast, we packed our bags and checked out of our room. We had the bell person stow our bags so we could go for a walk. We found an old area of Barcelona called the La Villa De Gràcia district. Our guide from yesterday told us about it and said it hasn't changed much in over a 100 years. He was right! The streets are very narrow and the people are older and there were not too many tourists. We stumbled upon a small square where some older non-FOP's were dancing away and gave us a great show to watch while we sat at a cafe and enjoyed some wine. Then we had to start our way back to the hotel to catch the bus to the airport and start our way home. After checking in and going through no less than three passport control areas, we were able to make it to the gate and bo
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Day 20 Barcelona, last full day.

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Well the time has finally come. Today was our last full day of the trip. After breakfast, we boarded a bus for about an hour and a half ride to Montserrat in the mountains near Barcelona. The monastery has existed for almost a thousand years but was destroyed in the Napoleonic wars. It was rebuilt in the late 1800's and has about sixty monks that still live here and will do so for the rest of their lives. There is also a boys choir school here and they stay until their voices change and then are sent back to a regular school. We got to hear them sing a few songs and the sound was amazing. The church also holds the Black Madonna and you can actually touch her while saying a prayer. After our visit we rode the bus back to the hotel where the FOPs got off the bus and then the bus driver drove us for about a mile to get closer to the port. Along with the Larkins, we decided to relax and have a few cocktails while strolling around looking at all the extreme yachts in port for the Americ
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