After a late night last night, it was great to finally be able to sleep in! We started out the morning by heading over to La Basilica de La Sagrada Familia. For those of you who don't know, this is a church that has been under construction since 1882. A year and a half later, Antoni Guadi took over the construction and in 2010 it was officially considered a basilica by Pope Benedict XVI. It is still currently under construction and is planned to be completed by 2026 but is now open to public viewing and services.
Guadi is an amazing architect and the church is simply stunning. Every part of it is extremely well thought out and detailed. The outside depicts the life of Jesus Christs and every part of it has a meaning, The inside is beautiful and is inspired by nature. Guadi put in lots of effort to make sure that there was just the right amount of light in the cathedral at all times whether it is natural or artificial light. Obviously I could talk about the cathedral all day but I'll just show you pictures instead!
Stone carving of Guadi
The numbers always add up to 33, the age of Jesus when he died.
Part of the model of the church
Guadi's grave, he was in a freak car accident and passed away in 1926
Blessing by the Pope
School designed by Guadi
After the church, we then walked through town and down toward the beach and our hotel. The beach was beautiful, not warm enough to swim but plenty warm for everyone to be out and playing futbol on the beach
After some more siestas we were back out for another yummy Tapas dinner! The food was amazing yet again and I am so sad to be leaving Barcelona so soon. This is definitely on my list of places to come back to.
