We are sure that a lot of you have both heard of and seen pictures of it, these do not make up for the real thing. To see it at various times of the day in different light conditions is an experience. This is demonstrated by whatever time of day, or night, you visit there will be someone with a camera, including Keith, who, by the way got the settings wrong and missed some good shots. However, that is the best way of seeing it, in the whole.
It is heavily commercialized and charges top prices, the only thing not there, at the moment, is Macdonalds. The interior of the abbey cannot be described as picturesque and unless you have some particular interest in history, religion or historical structures it is neither worth queueing or paying the 8.5 euros entry fee. There are lots of people who, we are sure will disagree, hence the large crowds, even in late October. As we made our way up the main thoroughfare, which, by the way, is about two metres wide and full of people, we were met by a fork lift truck coming down. Wouldn’t happen in the UK, where was health and safety? How the other half live. You were lucky there, nearly went in to a rant.
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