Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

Today was our tourist day, we woke up early and departed for a long day of sightseeing. Jane and Christian joined us today for our expedition around the town. We purchased 10-trip passes to ride Barcelona's underground system, which is quite a large set-up, it is also very simple and cheap to utilise. Jane recommended that we visit the Church of the Sacred Family (Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia), the church is by far one of the most interesting and breath taking buildings i have ever seen, not only from the outside, but the inside as well. Just as with many of the monuments and larger buildings in not only Barcelona, but all across Spain, it was designed by the architect Antoni Gaudi, who is revered for his works during his lifetime.

The designs of the building are so spectacular, that building is still taking place and isn't expected to be finish for another 15-20 years. I thought it was a monstrous building, but the grand plan is to add a 170m tall tower in the middle of it. I would be very interested to see the finished product. It is also interesting to see some of the changes in styles across the building, the outside, which is over 100 years old is extremely intricate in its details, from the bunches of fruits on top of all of the spires, down to every last piece of work done on the statues of the holy men. This is in quite a contrast to the interior, which looks very modern, and open in its design, i am unsure as to whether the interior had been designed by Gaudi, it was spectacular, none the less.