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Jul. 24th, 2007

  • 2:58 AM
pepper: Pepperpot (Ooh pretty)
Back from Barcelona. And yes, I shall picspam you all.
Because I'm a bit too tired to write proper words about the place, other than I would like to move there, please, and live in a top-floor apartment overlooking the Gothic Quarter...

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...with the shutters open to let in the light and the breeze from the sea, waking up early to eat churros con xocolata in a cafe near the cathedral...

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...taking my siesta in the heat of the day, and going out in the late evening to have tapas and sangria and take a stroll by the seafront...

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...and on weekends I would go visit some of Gaudi's works, including the Sagrada Familia...

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...and the Parc Guell.

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I'd be quite happy with that.

Comments

[identity profile] vickyocean.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 24th, 2007 04:04 am (UTC)
Very cool.

*adds to list of places I need to go*

The Sagrada Familia has always disturbed me in a way. I really like Art Nouveau in art and architecture for the most part, but there just seems to be so much stuff on every surface of the Sagrada that it looks like giant decaying stalagmites to me. I'll be curious about what it will look like once it's completed and if my opinion will change
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[identity profile] pepper-field.livejournal.com wrote:
Jul. 24th, 2007 05:15 pm (UTC)
"Giant decaying stalagmites" is a perfect description. Gaudi designed it by hanging weights on lots of loops of string, drawing the result, and then turning it upside-down. It's a mad, genius way of designing a building - it looks like it's about to fall down, but it's actually incredibly sturdy, because it's working with gravity. Bloody scary to climb, though.

God knows if they'll finish it in our lifetimes, though - building work has been going on for a hundred years or so. Cathedrals take time, I guess.

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