Lemback.com

Travel - Food - Lifestyle

Subscribe

  • Home
  • About
  • Archives
  • Contact
  • Portfolio
  • Travel List
  • Travel
  • Food Trip
  • Lifestyle
  • Snippets
  • Photo Stories
  • Trips Nearby

A Resting Place On The Hill

31 October 2020 By: Marlenecomment

Time flies so fast, and it’s this time of year again when all Christians in the world celebrate All Saint’s Day, All Souls Day and Halloween. In my homeland, the Philippines, everybody loves the joy of visiting the cemetery to spend time with departed loved ones at this time of the year. Celebrating Halloween was not common when I grew up there but maybe the time has changed now.

I left the country more than twenty years ago, and I went to visit my family many times with my husband, but we have not made a trip that falls on All Souls Day. Now I feel a bit nostalgic, and I imagine how my family and relatives gather for these special days.

The Montjuïc Cemetery in Barcelona.

I know that it can get crowded in all the cemeteries, but with the Covid-19 pandemic, people may have thought of other ways to visit the cemetery. Speaking of a cemetery, I remember taking this picture of the Montjuïc hill when we drove from Barcelona to Valencia for the first time. It was in the evening, and the lights on the hill caught my attention. So the next time we drove again on the same road, I recognized it was the same hill. I took these images from a moving car, so the qualities were not that good. And when I looked closely afterwards, it was a cemetery on the hill.

The Montjuïc Cemetery as seen from the highway.

The Montjuïc Cemetery is known in Catalan as Cementiri de Montjuïc. It dates back from late 1800, and it has now over one million graves. Some notable Spanish personalities were buried in that cemetery. I often regard cemeteries as dull and gloomy, but when I saw one on the slopes of the hill and looked like the Montjuïc cemetery, it gives a different impression.

Through this post, I wish everyone a Halloween-y weekend, and stay safe!

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Connect with Us

  • Facebook
  • Flickr
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

The Admins/Authors

Featured Category

3 Reasons Why You Should Travel By Motorcycle

After-Christmas Road Trip Stopover

Quedlinburg – A Small Town with Significant History

A Scary Drive Through Andorra

Blogroll

  • Amor's Personal Blog
  • Davao Zone
  • Mindanao Advice
  • Mindanao Maps
Blogarama - Design Blogs

Featured Posts

Stay Grand at Grand Hotel Baia Verde

Elite Hotel Mollberg

Hotel Mollberg – From Inn to Elite

Some Basque Pintxos We Tried

LeiMar Food Trip on Instagram

Search a post or tag

Travel Tags

airport Around Sicily Around Sweden Barcelona Berlin Catania cruise Davao Denmark Europe food travel France Germany Gothenburg Helsingborg Hotels Italy Karlskrona Monaco Munich Museums in Sweden Norway Paris road trip roadtrip roadtrip 12-13 roadtrip2014 roadtrip2016 Sicily Singapore Spain Stockholm Summer in Sweden Sweden Switzerland Syracuse TeachersTrip teaching job Torpa-Stenhus Travel travel-tips travel-video Ulricehamn vacation winter

Featured Photos

Verona, Italy
Bell tower
Florence, Italy

Vinci, Italy
Pisa, Italy

What’s up?

  • Top Of Eiffel Tower

    Top Of Eiffel Tower
  • Joan of Arc – Brave and Bold

    Joan of Arc – Brave and Bold
  • The Champs-Élysées – Revisited

    The Champs-Élysées – Revisited
  • The Public at The Louvre

    The Public at The Louvre
  • Luxor Obelisk in Paris

    Luxor Obelisk in Paris

Featured Post

St. Regis Singapore

The St. Regis Hotel

More Posts from this Category

Copyright © 2007–2023 · Lemback.com · Modern Blogger Pro Theme · About