Gawdy Gaudi

Did you know that the English term ‘gawdy’ is not a namesake of the famous Spanish architect Gaudi.  However, they certainly could be interchanged.

I had been told about Gaudi’s works in Barcelona by my friend Irene.  So I was curious to check it out.  Paul was very interested as well, given the artist that he is.  So on Thursday, we bought our tickets online prepared to check out Sangrada Familia, the famous Gaudi church that still is not finished.

Now here is a warning lesson and I have encountered this in more than one situation.  Although it is great to be able to buy stuff online, plane tickets, train tickets, event tickets etc.  The creators of these web pages for the most part have made a huge assumption that you have a printer available at your disposable.  Now think about it.  Most people, I would think, taking advantage of the types of tickets that are usually involved in travel – plane, accommodation, events, train – are already enroute and therefore WITHOUT a printer.  So how stupid is it to say “all that you have to do now is to print off your ticket”!!!!   Argh.  It pisses me off.  Anyway, I digress.  Where there’s a will there’s a way.

So off we went to Gaudi’s church.  Aside from the obvious problem of it being a major tourist attraction and therefore overrun with tourists (however, I have to mention not nearly as badly as anything in Paris) and also that it is still under construction, we roamed and explored a very unique church.  Gaudi was very much influenced by Mother Nature, an being a biologist, of course, I very much appreciate that.  He was also a solid Christian.  Which is all fine, and makes sense that he is building a church.  What he has done with the stories and symbolism of Christianity is quite breathtaking and quite a departure from the normal run of the mill (if I dare to say such a thing) of most Christian churches.  So hats off to him.

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