You can't go to Barcelona or "Barthelona" without seeing Gaudi. 7 years ago I made it to the underground stop of La Sagrada Familia - but the egg salad sandwich I had about 6 hours ago said...turn around, go back to your hotel, sit and think about what your doing, maybe grab a couple of newspapers while your at it. This time I was not to be stopped! After a morning stop at a fresh fruit market Mylie, Katy and Flee, grabbed some fruit and fiber and hit the day. Started in 1882, the massive cathedral designed by Antoni Gaudi is expected to be completed by 2082...(maybe?). Days earlier we had a conversation about the buildings that modern man builds, and if we rush it, or put non-sustainable architecture in place that looks good but would topple in a stiff wind. (katy - adds "modern woman")...(Mark adds .. great my wife is a feminist)..(katy adds - "you're only just realizing this now?") ... (Mark orders more beer). Anyway my point being that when you see this place its the most interesting building I've ever looked at in my life!! and I could spend hours or days even looking at the intricacies held within. An example, the faces of the statues on the outside are plaster casts of some of the workers that began construction on the building and will now be forever remembered, not as bob the builder, but as some angel or child or even one of the 3 wise men. Not bad for bob the builder.
Anyway here are some pictures that don't even come close to doing the building justice.
Gaudi has other interesting buildings to see, but you have to leave time for a few other points of interest and that would be Las Ramblas.
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