If you read my travel blog from the first half of our recent trip to Spain, you may remember we began in Barcelona, took a day trip to Montserrat Monastery an hour northwest, then headed south by train to Valencia. Now, we’re off to the Balearic Islands off Spain’s east coast to visit ...

Spain certainly knows how to make an entrance. Our first impression of the Iberian Peninsula was made as we were flying over a jagged mountain range, which we later realized was Montserrat. More on that stunning location in a bit, but let’s start with Barcelona. We had long wanted to ...