Let the Mystery Tour begin 1 November



 Our mystery tour begins with a 'soft' lunch at La Sofia Bar, a small bar in a square in the Sagrera neighborhood owned by friends of Albert & Diana. Lovely food & hosts.   


Nuhr and EnriqueNuhr & Enrique


Next stop was a wholesale supermarket just north of Barcelona. We've never seen anything on the scale of this place & I do wonder how we will ever eat the amount we bought (a good problem to have!) 

Too much!!


This is a No Gracias!!

After an hour, we pull up at a helipad and Albert makes a phone call. After a lengthy and heated discussion he 'appears' to be very cross and says the pilot forgot and he was in France! 

So, 'To Plan B'. Camping under the stars:


So, 'To Plan C'. We drive in the dark for 15 minutes and stop at Mas La Riera. Luckily they just happen to have a vacancy for four people.  It is a lovely country-style complex in the middle of the Catalan pre-Pyrenees. 

At 9.30 pm we enjoy a very fine light dinner prepared by Albert & Diana.

We head off late Thursday morning to explore. Albert is the driver and tour guide.
The countryside is magnificent and we feel we are in the middle of nowhere: 


First stop is Sant Maria de Montgrony Sanctuary and Sant Pere church from 9th century.  At  an altitude of 1408 metres, we were provided with a fantastico view. 


At 3pm we went onto lunch at Ca l'Amagat (similar but different) in a little laneway in the beautiful village of Baga. We had the Menu of the day - For 21 Euro: small pumpkin soup, bread roll, chicken & veggie wok noodles, whole bream with potato & creme catalan. Very nice! 
 

The village is quite lovely, even though it was raining lightly: 


Then a steep drive up the mountain at sunset:


After this day, I have nothing else to say ....I agree with Miss Barcelona the mountain adventure was a stunning day and Baga real-estate is much cheaper than Barca - and it is a beautiful little town. Off for a walk in the forest now and then another mystery lunch somewhere - more on that in the next post












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