Notes from one Mediterranean cruise

One of the most strikingly unique sites of Barcelona is the Church of La Sagrada Familia, conceived by Antoni Gaudi. Unique is often an overused adjective, and is often used as hyperbole, but in reference to this church, the word is an understatement.

It is unique in not only being a church that has been under construction since 1883, but also in its style of the architecture, which is a strange mixture of Gothic meets Miro, with a touch of Picasso. On top of some of the spires, there are things that seem to look like bunches of fruit. Some bunches are reddish orange balls, some are bluish green balls, and some look like yellowish bananas. Way above one entrance way is what looks like a huge pine tree decorated with white doves, topped with an angel in red.

Unique it is, but also pleasant to the eye.