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Sculpture of Christ, Sagrada Familia Passion Façade

Temple Expiatori Sagrada Familia is often used as the quintessential image of Barcelona. The famous soaring towers that look similar to the castles children make by dripping wet sand in gloppy piles can be found on postcards and t-shirts all across town and at duty-free in the airport.  However, pictures do not do justice to the great structure, still under-construction after 125 years with at least 15 more to go, it stands in my humble opinion as the most beautiful man made building I have ever seen, and I have seen a … (Read more)

Street Performance with Giant Puppets

I have been so busy since I got back to Costa Rica I have not had time to write about my trip to Europe. While Paris was a beautiful city and defiantly a fun time the highlight of my trip was Barcelona. I arrived in Barcelona ahead of my friends because I had opted to take the cheapest flight I could find which also happened to leave at about 6:30AM. Despite the exhaustion upon arriving I immediately felt at home. After a week of being unable to communicate with anyone in France it was … (Read more)