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| Panorama inside the Sagrada Familia |
The line for the Sagrada Familia was
so long. I asked Naomi and Alaska if it was worth it to wait, and they wouldn't budge from the line. I went off in search of lunch, and by the time I came back with my pizza slices
para llevar, we were already at the front of the line!
Needless to say, it was well worth the wait. The only reason why we left was because we were starving--if they sold snacks there, we could have stayed in the Sagrada Familia all day.
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| One of the facades of the Sagrada Familia |
In the bookstore, I couldn't put down a biography of Antoni Gaudi's life. He refused payment for his work on the cathedral. He lived in a house in Parc Guell, uphill and quite a distance away from the Sagrada Familia, but walked daily to and from his house to the cathedral. He was inspired by forms in nature. He had to work the entire time he was in school to become an architect.
What intrigued me the most was how he died. One day, an old man was struck by the train and no one could identify him. All the found in his pockets were a few coins and a handful of peanuts and raisins. They took him to the hospital for beggars, the homeless, and people who don't have family. It wasn't until Gaudi was about to die when the priest who was called in to read his last rites finally identified Gaudi as the architect of the Sagrada Familia!
Though his cathedral was controversial at the time, Barcelona mourned his death.
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