I am inspired today by my blogging Pal Jo who has completed a thirty one day challenge to post in pictures and in words about a visit to Barcelona.
In 2018 I visited Barcelona and my friend and keen photographer Richard spent every spare minute taking pictures of Sagrada Familia. I am convinced that he possesses the largest collection of pictures of the Gaudi masterpiece in the entire World.
I am quite unable to compete with either Jo or Richard so I offer you these alternative images.
These are from the walls of the nearby metro station…
This is from the beach at Barconaleta…
By Dali…
And this is from the inevitable gift shop…
Have Bag, Will Travel 
Nice twist.
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Thanks Peggy.
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I like the Dali version.
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Not so sure that it would be structurally sound!
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Certainly not run of the mill – refreshing
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Just like the building I was looking for a twist.
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🙂
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Applause! Applause! 🙂 🙂 I was just about to post day 31 when I spotted this. Thanks, Andrew- it’s been a long January!
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I have enjoyed your challenge Jo.
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Thanks, hon! I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. Daily posts are hard work, but it’s a beautiful city to return to. 🙂 🙂
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It certainly is Jo. My recommendation, Next time you go to Barcelona take a train to Girona to see the coloured houses and Figueres to see the Dali museum.
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I made it to Girona, Andrew, but missed out on the Dali. Next trip I need to do that and Monserrat 🙂 🙂
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Montserrat is a very good day out.
Another attraction that I like in Barcelona is Poble Espanyol. Did you go there?
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No, missed that one… ? Think I’ve heard of it though. Jorvik, Catalan style? 🙂 🙂
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It is a sort of EPCOT World Showcase for the regions of Spain. Curious but worth a visit.
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The works has begun but due to the virus will take past 2026 to complete, this is a never ending story!
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Do you think we might see it finished?
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a work of love eventually…
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Amazingly, they don’t outmatch the real deal, no matter how extreme they are!
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It is going to inspire people for a very long time Doug.
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I totally agree! It has a heavenly aspect about it that defies belief mere mortals were involved in its conception and construction.
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I like the Dali one. Very colourful.
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Yes, he made a good job of that.
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Nice response!
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Thanks. Actually, I am not a big fan of Sagrada Familia, it is magnificent but it is more of a theme park than a church. I prefer my Cathedrals to be medieval.
I remember when I was about 10 and a school trip took us to see the new Coventry Cathedral. I wasn’t impressed with that either.
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Coventry Cathedral is very disappointing
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Coventry is an awful place. Redeveloped in a rush in the 1950s and 60s. Lots of concrete. The ruins of the old cathedral are maybe worth a visit. The French do a much better job of preserving heritage. St Malo for example.
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That’s a good example
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You always remember where you were when Kennedy died and I was in Monseratt visiting the home of cousins of Spanish friends who lived 3 generations in one house each, with a separate floor and the livestock on the bottom. I’ll never forget it – or the smell of the animals that seeped upwards! I also saw Poble Espanyol in the sixties, one of the few attractions there, which Franco was taking credit for as something he’d had made ‘for the Spanish people’. Maybe he had, who knows.
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Thanks for adding your memories to the post.
Pobel Espanyol was built in 1929 for the Barcelona International Exposition so that would be some time before Franco.
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Thanks for putting me right about that. I had never thought to check on it as I got my information from the students I met at the time. Wrongly, as it now turns out.
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I like your style. Particularly your homage to Dali at Barceloneta. What a shame it’s unlikely still to be standing.
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Let’s hope the cathedral lasts longer. There were concerns a few years ago that the digging of the metro line below it might destabilise the foundations.
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!!!!
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The beach creation is outstanding!
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Yes, it is good. The work of a budding Gaudi no doubt. I caught it just in time before it collapsed.
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Peggy and I certainly took a bunch of photos, Andrew. Impossible not to. I like your approach. Fun. And I have always like Dali, going all the way back to my college years at Berkeley. It would be fun to go to the museum. There is also a Dali museum in Tampa that I have promised myself I will visit the next time Peggy and I visit our kids in Florida. –Curt
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It has a great museum, full of fun and whimsy.
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One can never have too much fun and whimsy.
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