Happy
Birthday Trish. Given that it is Sunday we went to church to
celebrate her birthday, but not just any church. We spent ten minutes
walking to Sagrada Familia, the most impressive cathedral we have
ever seen. It has been a work in progress since 1882 but the interior
is now complete. It is expected that the exterior, being the
construction of even taller towers than those presently existing will
be completed within the next 10 years so progress is accelerating.
It
is very difficult to photograph other than from a helicopter because of its size but the hopefully
the photographs will give some idea of its grand scale and the intricate carving which adorns its exterior. As you might expect, the place is incredibly popular but extremely well organized The crowds did not impede our ability to see everything there was to see.
The
visit included a lift ride up one of the towers to a height of 65
metres. At that height we were about two thirds of the way up the
tower. That gave us spectacular views over the surrounding area but
also a close up look at the construction being undertaken at the
higher levels. From that level we descended down a very narrow spiral
staircase. We were told that we descended 460 stairs. That could well
be right.
After
three very interesting hours at the cathedral, we descended into the
Metro again and headed out to Port Forum where we had a celebratory
lunch for Trish's birthday. It didn't quite compare with the Positano
celebration of the 60th
but it was a very novel place to visit and we got to ride a tram, the
only form of Barcelona transport we had not yet experienced. We
certainly got our money's worth out of our transport passes.
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