So tonight is our last night here. Tomarrow we are off to Madrid and then not too sure where. All i know is that by the 11th im going to be in Lisbon Portugal. Im excited to see more and to continue my journey. But Barcelona is too hard to leave. In Rome, when the day came for us to leave, i was ready. Walking to the trainstation in the rain, it couldnt have been a better day for us to leave Rome. But here in Barcelona, tomarrow is the day to leave, but it doesnt feel like im ready. I dont feel like iv gotten enough of this city. Iv seen everything iv wanted to see, but it just feels like i should stay. I could easily stay here for another week.
But I wont, it'll be hard to leave, but it will also be nice to continue on and see more places. Basically one month from today i will be back in London, half way home. Barcelona was a great place to celebrate my one month point in my journey. But now i have one more month left of travelling around Europe.
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So we went to an IMAX theater here in Barcelona. It was my first time ever going to one, it wasnt too bad. The 3d part was really cool. There were two movies, one movie was about these guys who traveled around antarctica a really long time ago. Not to sure when, but it was a really long time ago. The second was about underground wild life and it was narorated by a turtle, all in 3D. That was cool. They were both documenteries like you would see on the history channel or discovery. IT WAS ALL IN SPANISH! We couldnt understand anything, no subtitles, all just spanish. So that is probably the main reason why i couldnt tell you what year that first, and really i cant tell you anything else about either of them, i couldnt understand anything.
Sunset at the Port
This is the Sangrada Famalia. Developed by Antoni Gaudi. An Architecht that some consider a genious. After I saw this and walked through it and read about it, i am one of those people. Everything about this place and all of Gaudi's idea derived from nature. From just basic ways of growth to the technicalities of the lines in a leaf to the crystalization process of minerals. He integrated all of it into this Temple. He spent the entire last 15 years of his life developing this temple. The construction began in 1886 and here it is, over 1000 years later and its still not finished. The projected date for completetion is 2026.
Prime example of nature. He didnt want to use the typical nightmar-ish creature for the gargoyals around the Temple, instead he went with amphibeons and reptiles.
You can see some leaves sculpted into the structure here.
Incredible.
The working area. Construction zone.
This is one part of the inside. The only part that you could walk through. The basis of the pillars and columns come from the way trees grow naturally and when a branch is broken off how the tree fixes itself from the wound. Then idea of the cieling came from a process of crystaliztion in a certain mineral. I cant remember which one it is.
All of these windows will eventually be filled in with stained glass.
Just like this.
And this
Pretty amazing looking. You can see why it can take over 1000 years to build this place. There are so many small details i on such a huge structure.
These numbers here have some kind of significance. I cant remember what it was, but they make equations and what not. I think it has something to do with the measurements of the Temple.
Reminds me of a castle you would find in Candyland or something...
I dont have much to say about these statues. Other than they are incredible. One thing i did notice though, was he choose for humans to look very inhuman, as you can see, very square. I wonder if this says something about how he viewed humans against nature.
You can kind of tell what parts are newer. See the Statues?
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