We spent the first afternoon of our trip (well after spending 3 hours at the airport to report the lost luggage) on a walk through one of the historic parts of Barcelona. It was fairly quiet and clean, I was surprised. We visited the Sagrada Familia, a gothic temple that the artist Goudi started. He was killed in the 1920's and his vision is still being completed today. They do not expect the temple to be completed for another 20 - 30 years. The craftsmanship was amazing. The only portion of the temple that was complete while Goudi was alive is the nativity facade, it was amazing, so detailed and ornate. A different artist completed the Crucifixion side, it was very geometric and contemporary. It was interesting to see the different interpretations.
They had some amazing stained glass windows and pillars on the inside of the temple. A lot of it was under construction and the biggest part of the temple the dome and largest spire that will be a tribute to Jesus Christ, is yet to be finished, causing a good portion of the temple to be under scaffolding. Even with the scaffolding it was a gorgeous building.
During our walk, we also saw an apartment building (Casa Mila) that Goudi designed, the rails at each balcony were so interesting. The overall building looked like a marshmallow, definitely stood out from everything around it.
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This doesn't relate to this post so I'm sorry about that.
My name is Luke Isley. I grew up in Delta and was on the track team. I was thinking about people I used to run with and googled Damon Lott. I was very surprised and sad to read about Damon. I spent a lot of time with him before our missions when we were living in Provo/Orem. He was a great person.
Those buildings look incredible and I bet the camera doesn't do them justice.
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