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[QUOTE="peregrina2000, post: 342605, member: 537"] Day 9 -- Santa María d'Oló to Manresa (42 km) GPS tracks [URL='http://www.wikiloc.com/wikiloc/view.do?id=10898903'][I][B][U]here[/U][/B][/I][/URL] This was a long slog of a day, but I was really glad that I had made it to Manresa in order to reduce the kms for the next day, with what I knew would be a tough climb to Montserrat. Aside from the last 5 kms, all of which were on asphalt in the city of Manresa, the day was a great walking day. First came the 2 km back up along the highway, back to the turn-off and back onto the Camino. Then 15 kms to Artes on a wonderful mountain/forest road. Just really nice. After Artes, the kms to Navarcles were more through scrub forest and fields. [ATTACH=full]21148[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21149[/ATTACH] In Navarcles there are pensiones and all the services you could need, and that would be about a 25 km day. I continued across the river and over to the Mon St Benet complex, [URL]http://monstbenet.com/es/todo-un-mundo-tu-alcance[/URL] which is built around a romanesque monastery, Sant Benet de Bages. The complex is a meeting center, retreat center, event center, education center, with hotels and restaurants. All I wanted was to visit the monastery. Price is a bit steep, even for pilgrims, the reduced price is 8.5€, so many will probably pass it by. But I'm a real sucker for romanesque and would pay a lot more than 8.5€ to visit a monastery like this one. [ATTACH=full]21151[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]21150[/ATTACH] Normally you must visit on a guided tour, but given my situation, and the fact that I had at least another 10 km to Manresa, the staff let me go through on my own with minimal supervision. The church, cloister, and monastery rooms are all in very good condition and well worth a visit. There are trees growing inside the cloister, which really adds to the atmosphere. After my visit, I ate a bit, rested a bit in the shade, and then began about a 6 km walk along the Llobregat River. It was hot and sunny but at least it was not on asphalt. The camino goes through the Manresa suburb of Viladordis, and then dips down to the plains where lots of people have little garden plots, and then back up on the other side. Cross the road and -- WHAM-- you are at a huge mall, theater complex, fast food heaven, parking lots, incredible. I had to get directions from that point to the center of town, and had to navigate 5 hard kms (though almost all downhill) to the historic center and the albergue. This is a youth hostel, [URL='http://www.xanascat.cat']www.xanascat.cat[/URL]. Many of the guests were families with young kids, and I had a two-bed room to myself. I believe the room with breakfast was about 16 €. The cafeteria also serves lunch and dinner at a reasonable price, but I had some tapas on the promenade. I walked through the old part a bit, visiting the cathedral and walking through the old streets. Pretty but not much of an ambiente. [ATTACH=full]21152[/ATTACH] I learned that the "action" for tapas and cafés was over in a newer part of town along the promenade. So off I went and spent a very nice evening sitting in a couple of bars and watching the world go by. My impression of the city is that it is one of the more multi-cultural cities I had seen in Spain, and I noticed a number of groups of youngsters and teens that spanned the demographics, including Muslim girls with head scarfs, black children, white children, more of a mixing than I usually saw. Come to think of it though, I saw some of the same in Vic, so maybe this is a more widespread phenomenon in Catalunya. The exit from Manresa was very close to the old part of town, all I had to do was descend to the river and start to walk, and I would essentially be out of town -- so that 5 km slog was worth it, and I was glad it was behind me. One more day on the Cami St. Jaume to Montserrat, meeting up with LTfit, and then the Camino Catalán would begin! Buen camino, Laurie [/QUOTE]
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