Today was an awesome day, but very long! We started off on a long bus ride to Barcelona to visit the Sagrada Familia! One our way, we took a little detour to "Ramble" down the streets of Barcelona! Rambling is a big deal for this city! It is a huge side walk in the middle of old buildings and there are little booths as well as people dressed up! Here is a picture of one of the people that we past while we made our way down the street! Every person we past was very dramatic and it was awesome to see how they dressed themselves!
Once we made it down the street, we were off to see the Sagrada Familia! If I could pick out one word to discribe the Sagrada Familia, it would be amazing! The design is so detailed and beautiful! It also follows along with Jesus's life very well I thought! Now I understand why a lot of cathedrals have many pictures in them! Back then many people could not read or write so in order for them to understand the bible, they looked at pictures! The Sagrada Familia is fulled with such amazing pictures that really gives you the idea of what Jesus's life was like!
Here is just a few of the many pictures that I took while I was there! Isn't it beautiful! It won't be finished for another 20 to 25 years, which mean I'll be in my 50's so I have decided that I will be visiting again to see the finished product! The second picture under the picture of me in front of the Sagrada Familia is a box with numbers. At first I didn't understand what that meant, but then I found out that any row that you add together will equal 33 which represents the age when Jesus died! Isn't that awesome?
The third picture is a picture of a door with many words on it. As you can see Jesus is written in gold. This door hand many words on it in several different languages that had to do with Jesus! I thought that was so awesome to see how they represented him in different words! Underneath this picture is a picture of the Nativity Facade. This is where we entered into the church and it represents Jesus's birth. As you can see Mary and Joseph are in the picture as well as the three wise men, the angels, and the shepards. I love how Gaudi did this side of the church and represented Jesus's birth! Also on this side was what Jesus did while he was alive! It was amazing! The next picture is just one picture of many of what the inside looked like! It was beautiful! Most of the windows are the stain glass windows with many different colors as you can see!
The last picture is of the Passion Facade which is another entrance to the Sagrada Familia. This side represents the crucifixion of Jesus. As you can see that is Jesus on the cross. This side of the church was very detailed as well. There was many different sections that represented everything from the last super to Jesus on the cross. I feel like for visual learners, it really helps to see pictures to get a better understanding of what went on.
Once we finished touring the Sagrada Familia, we made our way back to Valencia! It was a very exausting, but fun day!
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