Montjuïc !

Yesterday I climbed a mountain, not even kidding. Montjuïc is a mountain near the sea in Barcelona. Montjuïc means Jewish Mountain. It was the site for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Here you can see the olympic stadium, the olympic torch, and a museum entirely dedicated to the games. I dont really remember the Olympic Games in Barcelona because they happened when I was very young, but it was exciting and very cool to go to an Olympic site... definitely got me a little pumped for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games!!! Wooo gooo Canada. :)

We entered the mountain grounds from Plaça de Espanya where there are two huge towers guiding you through the entrance of the majestic mountain. Here you will see a large building which is the Catalonian Museum of Art, it looks like a huge mansion or castle. To assist you getting to this building there are outdoor escalators !!! Loving that, wished they had them throughout the entire mountain, but sadly there were none after the museum. dammit.

Throughout the mountain there are also the beautiful gardens, statues and walkways. There are 2 ways to get to the top... either by a cable car or walking. My friend and I decided to walk it, which at times was fine and others i felt like my calves were going to burst (it gets very steep at some parts). But it was all worth it when we reached the top, where there sits a Castle, and amazing views of the Mediterranean Sea and of course the city of Barcelona! We walked around Montjuïc for about 2-3 hours, it was a beautiful day, sunny and not too "cold" about 12 degrees, but it got very windy when we reached the top and was cooling down because the sun was starting to set. This is definitely a place I would go again either to walk around for exercise, or just casually stroll through the gardens or olympic grounds. :)