The next day we set out for Gaudi's masterpiece, La Sagrada Familia, which is still under construction and has been for the last 100 or so years. This seems to be a trend for us, with most of the big monuments we've seen having been under re-construction just in time for our visit. We were amazed by the height of the cathedral towers and impressed by the vibrant colors of the glowing stained glass windows inside. We did our best to ignore the bulldozers, jackhammers, and sparks shooting from the welding equipment inside, and tried to imagine how peaceful and tranquil it must be without all this mayhem.
The highlight of the day was definitely the gourmet tapas, in front of the beautiful old church 'Santa Maria del Mar'. We indulged in bite sized tortilla de patatas, mushroom croquettes, patatas bravas, mozzarella-basil-tomato stack, garlic breadsticks with gazpacho, plump juicy olives, and a perfect bottle of Rioja. We finished off with a triple scooped ice cream cone- ferrero rocher, after 8, kinder surprise flavors.... mmm....
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Looks like superb tapas. Yum! Always wanted to see La Sagrada Familia too. Seems like the Solomons isn't the only place where a little procrastination can happen during building projects.
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