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Just pretend today is Aug. 20...

What. A. Day. 

After sleeping in a little, we ventured to La Sagrada Familia, the brain child of Antoní Gaudí.  This church is a hundred some years into construction and still not finished (optimistic estimated time of completion: 2030?)  It’s huge.  It’s magnificent.  The church currently has 2 facades-- birth of Jesus and death of Jesus-- each done by a different artist, both amazing.  The inside is spectacular.  Simple, yet stunning.  The entire structure is designed after natural shapes- forests, flowers, spirals, etc.  Useless to try to explain and pictures are better, but still not great.  We spent several hours there and still couldn’t process everything.

The outside.  Complete with construction cranes!

The facade of Christ's death.

The ceiling.  Gorgeous.

The facade of Jesus' birth.

We spent the rest of the day "parking".  The first park we visited was unintentional (turned the wrong direction), but still quite pleasant.  After reorienting and using several outdoor escalators (yes, I said outdoor escalators- this hill is big) we arrived at the big boy- Park Guell.  The view of Barcelona from this park is amazing.  The whole garden was impressive and we had a lovely walk (complete with crazy guitar man- ask at your own risk).  We were also able to enjoy more of Guadi's architecture (along with some earsplitting frequencies from an unknown source). 

Barcelona.

Gaudí architecture.

After this jam-packed day we hiked to a metro and returned home for dinner and discussion.  Good day.