Day 7

Our one full day in Barcelona! Rain, Hop on, Hop off bus; Sagrada Familia; Park Güell, Christmas lights, walking back to the hotel.

Conch shell

All of Gaudi's designs were patterned after something in nature. The staircase was patterned after a conch shell.
Great architecture!
Sunlight

Even though it was rainy outside there was still enough light to stream in through the beautiful stained glass windows.
Pretty!
Big columns

You can see how big the columns are with the people standing around. The church is huge!
Hidden flowers

In addition to the large ceiling tiles that resemble flowers, there are small flowers that look like they're in vases above and to…
Nave roof
Spiral

A cool shot through the columns, looking at the spiral staircase.
Panoramic pic

Even got Bill in there while he was taking a picture!
The high altar
Close-up

A close-up of Jesus above the altar.
Apostles

At the top of the columns you can see they had the names of the Apostles. In this photo there's "Mateu" (Matthew) and "Marc" (Mark…
Lots of pictures

Everything was so beautiful. We took TONS of photos. It was hard to choose which ones to post.
Chapel

Looking down through an arch in to one of the chapels.
Tower

Looking up inside one of the towers.
Stunning!

The stained glass was stunning! There was so much of it and even though it was rainy outside there was still light pouring in. It…
Nets

The red/orange staned glass was on the oppose wall of the blue/green glass. The nets were there because they were doing contructio…
Aisle

Looking up the aisle toward the altar.
Door

I think these are the doors out to the Crucifixion Facade.
Light

The light coming in through the red/orange stained glass windows.