Barcelona's famed Gaudi structure - Sagrada Familia

What is a pilgrimage to Barcelona if you don’t – at the very least, make a trip to the Gaudi structure known as the Sagrada Familia.  The never-ending work and assuredly the longest to finish holy house of worship ever created. 

It is far from finished but still they dredge on and the work continues.  And by the looks of it, it will have some additional years to go before its completion.  And with more architectural variations than a Michael Alig outlaw party. 

But still folks flock to it like flies to shit as they reflect on the perversities that is their lives. 

Actually that part I just threw in – most folks visit “holy” structures and don’t do shit but spend enough “see me” time to merit themselves the appearance of faith.

Given that there was only one other thing I did while in the sunny beach destination – which entailed the sun gods, I thought it prudent to make a pit-stop post laying out for some 7 hrs and snap a few keepsakes.  Not hard really – the tube stop from the beach went directly to it!  I just wasnt going to go in – again.

I can still recall my 1st visit to the structure.  I particularly remember – on a hot ass day – climbing one of its four original towers, just to say I did, and see the view.  I got my ass up a whole slew of winding stairs and when I got up there, in true Catholic style, the gates to its small terrace were fucking closed!  I gagged.  

I had no other choice but to turn my ass around in the tight quarters and slowly and carefully come down those damn winding stairs – all the while telling myself not to panic or let the claustrophobia get to me!  Vertigo central.  I ain’t joking.  Shit was tighter than a chastity belt.

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