Friday, December 30, 2011

Back in London and relaxing... some last pictures of Barcelona

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So this is just an example of the amazing, colorful tile work they do in Barcelona.

This was the view from our hotel room.  Most of this part of the city was built at the turn of the century.  Look at the curvy chimneys in the building in the center.

This is Gaudi's La Familia Segria (sp?).  It is the church which he started and they are still working on.  This is the story of Christ's journey and crucifixion. There will ultimately be 18 steeples one for each Apostle, one for Mary, four for the Evangelists and the largest (not yet done) for Jesus.  It is still a work in progress, but pretty dang impressive!

This is a close up of the new Passion facade.  It's figures with straight harsh lines are completely different from the flowing Nativity facade.  But it is a more difficult time.  There are people at the bottom of the picture for scale.