Sant Llorenç del Munt i l'Obac

Since Saturday isn't really a day people do a lot here I decided that I wanted to go to a nature parc. According to my brochure I got from the international office it is 10 minutes by car. So I googled my route and it turned out that it is close to a 3 hour walk, and google maps was so kind to put this just above the route "Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths."

Saturday morning I packed my bag, water, map, food, sunscream (tho the weather forecast predicted 19C and cloudy, ideal weather to go walking), phone and a sweater. As soon as I walked out of the building I knew the sweater was not going to be used today, so after a quick stop at the bakery I was on my way...


Google Maps couldn't be more right about the pedestrian paths, after 10 minutes I saw the sign 'you are leaving Terrassa'. On the road I had been walking I had noticed loads of cyclist cycling down the road (I had been walking up in a straight line and according to my route that is what I was going to be doing for the next 2 hours). Since I didn't know any other route, and if I would change my route it would probably double my traveling time. I decided to walk next to the road to see if something like a pedestrian path would show up. After an hour of walking next to the road. I saw the first hill which had a dark and steep forest on the side I was approaching it. After a little bit of climbing (my Converse never let me down) I reached one of the sand paths, and there was absolutely no-one :)

Quite peaceful but since the temperature had raised to about 24C and it wasn't even noon yet I wasn't planning on doing any more climbing and just walked around. After 15 minutes I walked into someone who was walking his horse (yes you read that right, the man had his horse on a 'leash' and was walking her). He tried to have a little small talk, but since I don't speak Catalan it turned out more to be a pointing and guessing words conversation about the area.

The only problem of going somewhere by foot, you also have to go back. Luckily this part would be all downhill. And it took me only an hour, just in time for some late siesta.