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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4004 on: October 15, 2026, 08:55:44 AM »
It's the one that's been under construction since 1882. CD posted the name of it above.
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« Reply #4005 on: October 15, 2026, 09:19:33 AM »
Thanx, the dudes that put those ornaments at the top weren't paid enough
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« Reply #4006 on: October 15, 2026, 09:22:08 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 15, 2026, 07:16:15 AM
Barcelona lunch at el Nacional, this dude was shaving off thin piece of pork from these hams, we quite tasty even though I was getting sick.
You're no Andrew Zimmern but you should know better than to order the Chef's surprise in these foreign joints
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4007 on: October 15, 2026, 09:53:47 AM »
Jamon is one of the best things one could put in their mouth.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4008 on: October 15, 2026, 10:05:32 AM »
This "church" is a basilica, the Sagrada Familia, or "Sacred Family", designed (sort of) by Gaudi.

Sagrada Família - Official ticket vendors - Sagrada Familia

History of the Temple - Sagrada Família - Sagrada Familia

It has indeed been under construction for a century plus.  It's really something to see, we'd been inside before, and apparently you need to reserve tickets weeks in advance now to enter.



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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4009 on: October 15, 2026, 10:10:31 AM »
I was unimpressed.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4010 on: October 15, 2026, 10:22:30 AM »
Quote from: MrNubbz on October 15, 2026, 09:22:08 AM
You're no Andrew Zimmern but you should know better than to order the Chef's surprise in these foreign joints
I was already feelilng pretty bad, and did feel down for a couple days, weird combination of congestion, fatigue, and occasional nausea.  I feel OK now despite having 4 hours of sleep.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4011 on: October 15, 2026, 10:50:47 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on October 15, 2026, 10:10:31 AM
I was unimpressed.
LOL, nothin' like a little brutal honesty.

Maybe you hung out with some of my early college-days hook-ups...hope not.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4012 on: October 15, 2026, 11:02:07 AM »
My wife hated it, at first, then she read some more about it and started to "grok" it.  I found it remarkable and impressive.  I don't really get it, but then, those cathedrals in France are remarkable and impressive and I don't get them either.

I'd opine it's a thing to see in Barcelona, but reserve tix ahead of time.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4013 on: October 15, 2026, 11:08:28 AM »
Quote from: 847badgerfan on October 15, 2026, 10:10:31 AM
I was unimpressed.
When I was there it was in a torrential rainstorm.  Couldn't see enough outside to be impressed
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4014 on: October 15, 2026, 11:23:06 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on October 15, 2026, 10:05:32 AM
It has indeed been under construction for a century plus.  It's really something to see, we'd been inside before, and apparently you need to reserve tickets weeks in advance now to enter.
What are they stringing people along for gate receipts? ;D Why don't they finish the job like the Whops/Micks/Krauts/Pollacks/Bohunks/Frogs/etc; did on this side of the pond in some of the impressive structures they put up? :cheer:
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4015 on: October 15, 2026, 11:40:27 AM »
To understand it, you'd have to see it.

We did a whole Gaudi tour over two days in Barcelona. Some of his other works were pretty damn cool.
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Re: Travels and Impressions
« Reply #4016 on: October 15, 2026, 12:11:17 PM »
There's some humor/irony in an architect whose name is basically "gaudy." 

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« Reply #4017 on: October 15, 2026, 12:14:35 PM »
Some of his stuff is exactly that.
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