We were sitting inside Barcelona's insanely
beautiful Basilica of the Sagrada Familia. They’ve been building Gaudi’s
cathedral for over 100 years, and it's nearly finished. (A tip: queues for tickets can be long- so if you’re planning a
visit, best book ahead online in the UK.) Approaching from the outside on foot, one’s
first natural reaction is… wow. It’s big, it’s high, and it’s covered in
ornamentation. The roof resembles a series of stalagmites, or the conning towers of sunken ships, colonised by sea-creatures. There
are so many curves, so many sloping surfaces. It looks alive.
