May 4, 2017
From our lunch at Cafe de la Pedrera, we took the metro subway train to Barcelona’s main tourist attraction, the Sagrada Familia, A UNESCO World Heritage site.
The train station is spotless.
The train was siksikan. It was a short ride so we didn’t mind. Cynthia said it was faster and more convenient to take the metro rather than have a tourist bus bring us to Sagrada Familia. Yes it was faster, but I think having a private service bus was more convenient.
Within minutes we joined the thousands of tourists from all over the world admiring Catalan’s most famous architect Antoni Gaudi’s greatest work — the Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, the largest Roman Catholic church in Barcelona.
We were all wearing sunglasses pala. #mission impossible # covert operation, #hide your identity.
Edmund and I were here in 2003 (?) There were board-ups and cranes, until now hindi pa pala tapos ito. The construction started on March 19, 1882.
The multicolored lights come from the afternoon sun that pass thru the stained glass windows.
Soaring ceilings
Main altar
When I first saw this basilica, it wasn’t this big yet and not this grand. It was also dark inside, maybe because certain areas were boarded up and still under construction. The tour guide said that construction of the whole basilica would be finished in 2026. We should see it when it’s finally completed.
Pray for all of us San Ramon.
Sagrada Familia
Carrer de Mallorca, 401, 08013 Barcelona, Spain
Entrance ticket: Ranges from Euro 15 – Euro 24
