The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

The inside of the Basilica is actually less weird than we were expecting.

But the bar had been set pretty high.

It was mostly very tall.

With a ton of stained glass.

Which was very colourful.

And let in colourful light.

All of the stained glass work was supposed to be symbolic.

Matt thinks this one symbolizes a frog.

Maybe it’s suggesting that if you lick some frogs you will understand the rest.

The pillars and roof are supposed to symbolize palm trees.

These little button things are labelled so we don’t have to guess.

These thingies are not labelled. And even Matt doesn’t have a guess.

There is a whole in the ceiling and Jesus is parachuting in.

He has his knees bent, bracing for impact.

This is Joseph. He is blue.

This window is much more colourful.

This is an upside down model they used to design the church.

The Sagrada Familia Basilica was also designed by Gaudí. Except he died 90 years ago, his plans were destroyed during the war, and it’s not even close to being finished.

It looks like what you’d expect if there was a Basilica in Disneyland, overly elaborate and colourful and fake.

The top has a lot of grapes.

And wheaty bits.

These are actually supposed to represent wine.

And wheat for communion crackers.

But that doesn’t explain the other fruity bits.

And boy were there ever a lot of fruity bits.

Gaudí was very devout, but the guy who took over for him seems to think Jesus was a short-haired punk and a bit of a blockhead.

Though not as much of a blockhead as Thomas.

This is the other side, some of which vvas actually done by Gaudí.

It shows the nativity with some rather aggressive farm animals.

And a forest of leaves.

Filled with butterflies and other creepy crawlies.

And gigantic ants.

And ugly spiders.

And snails. All to put you in the mood for church.

We left the snow covered mountains and headed back to the palm trees.

And tropical birds.

To Barcelona, where everything is art.

These buildings are gaudy.

(I think you mean Gaudí.)

Nope, only the one on the right is Gaudí. The one on the left is Cadafalch.

But they are all gaudy.

And yellow.

And just plain weird.

They also have non-modernist weird.