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This week’s photo challenge from the Daily Post is illumination. When I sat and thought about this word and what is meant to me I had images of the amazing illuminated manuscripts of ancient documents but a photograph of something like that was out of the question – well this week anyway. However, this thinking led me along a religious route and reminded me of the amazing stained glass windows at La… Read More
Category: Photography, Travel, Weekly photo challenge Tags: Barcelona, Laa Sagrada Familia, photography, postaday, stained glass window
Sometimes the things we are least interested in turn out to be the things that really blow us away. Whilst I was aware of how large and eccentric the Sagrada Familia was from my research and from the view from my hotel I hadn’t anticipated the impact actually entering the building would have. I’m not a religious person in the sense that I have little time for organised religion but I know… Read More
Category: days out, Travel Tags: Barcelona, La Sagrada Familia
I have been away for a bit of a holiday with my two sons (19 and 21). We have spent five days in Barcelona although when you take out travel time it was about four days. Having left a wet, soggy, grey Britain behind it was quite wonderful to arrive in a sunny and hot city – although the novelty of this started to wear by the end of the trip. As… Read More
Category: Life Tags: Barcelona, La Catedral
