Sunday is for Photos! x5

By: Meradeth Houston on 1:34 PM

This has been a busy week, full of Spanish language meetings, outings with friends, and today, lots of museums. The highlight of this week's activities was sucking up the entry fee (wow, was it expensive!) and going into La Sagrada Familia. It was soooo worth it! Lots of pics from inside this famous Catholic Basilica, designed by Gaudi, and still under construction. (Projected completion date is in 2030!)

Being from UC Davis (remember the pepper spraying incident from last year?), I was totally blown away by the organized protests around the city for the education cuts that occurred this past week. They were crazy! And very cool. Had to share a shot!

Calcots are a traditional springtime food here, and they are roasted over an open flame. Tasty!

La Sagrada Familia from the outside.

Part of the facade from the outside. There are a million figures and they are epic.

The top of the facade.

I want these doors. They are made of words. LOVE.

Cool shot, right?

It was really hard to catch just how awesome this place is from the inside, but this gets you an idea.

Stained glass FTW!

Part of the ceiling. Neat, right?

So, why I thought "Hey, let's take the lift up in one of the towers!" was a good idea is beyond me. I do NOT do heights. And tiny little dark twisting staircases. Note the white knuckles here and stupid grin as I tried not to curl into the fetal position and die.

See that hand down there? Yeah. This staircase went on forever. 

Front of the basilica.

Cool, eh?

This was from another museum, but I loved it for obvious reasons :)

Okay, enough with the photo overload :) Check back tomorrow for my big cover reveal and contest and all sorts of epic fun!