La Sagrada Familia was amazing. Gaudi, the architect, died before it was completed, and they’re constructing it from what remains of his plans (anarchists destroyed his workshop). It’s incredibly complex and very purposefully designed. The outside is heavy, ornately sculped with massive spires and a hint of gingerbread meltiness, but the inside is open, light, like being in a forest and like being an ant looking up at flowers simultaneously. There are twin spiral staircases like the ones in St. Carlo and gorgeous stained glass windows full of symbolism. Gaudi even designed a whole new type of column to support his church. It’s an amazing thing, started in the early 1900’s, and it MIGHT be finished by 2050.
After la Sagrada Familia, we went to the station on c/ Guadalajara to figure out my visa declaration of entry. They sent us to a government office on San Juan, who tried to send us back to Guadalajara, and ultimately told us to come back tomorrow, before noon.
We headed back down Garcia, which had some fab architecture, including Gaudi’s Casa Milo and Casa Batallo and grabbed some food at la Boqueria.
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