A walk from Me to Gaudi along the Avinguda Diagonal and up to see 60% of the unconsecrated Sagrada Familia. Love or loathe it, it is an extraordinary realisation. The tormented exterior figures invoke visions of the Inquisition. I wondered if the the column supporting turtles feel hard done by. The nave, the crypt and museum were all worth the visit. The light inside the nave was spectacularly pastel soft, abstracted and warm, in marked contrast with traditional concepts for stain glass. It somehow feels like it's growing slowly rather than being built. I liked it, a lot. And I loved the purple-blue flowers of the Jacaranda in front of the Passion facade.
This was just a four km walk in the heat of the day.
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