*note: Both of the pictures in this post were found on the internet. Unfortunately I did not have my camera with me on Montjuïc.
Montjuïc is a mountain that starts near La Plaça de Espanya that has steep slopes and is home to a castille at the top that served as a sort of fort during the Spanish civil war. At the top you can see all of Barcelona. I located la Plaça de Catalunya with the humungous Hyundai ad and La Sagrada Familia sticks up into the clouds to the right. Tibidabo sits far across, high atop a mountain of green. On the backside of the castle you can see the water, the industrial port, and rows and rows of shipping containers. Since I was on a hike I have no pictures. But what pleasantly surprised me was the cemetery that we stumbled upon.
I thought about my grandparents and for some reason felt better seeing that their bodies were placed in a special part of Barcelona. My grandma told me later that night that all of her relatives are also there. Something about that is reassuring. The cemeteries I have seen in the United States are very different... and for the first time I feel like I can appreciate a cemetery as a beautiful place.
