:: 37 Barcelona first post in 2011 ::

Basílica y Templo Expiatorio de la Sagrada Familia
construction started in 1881 - present

the first night in BCN....walked two kilometers from the hotel.....from a distance, Sagrada Familia was lit and looked like an alien space ship landed in the middle of this city.....such a foreign mass but sat very comfortably....

As I approached and stood right in front of it...I lost all my senses of: time, space, scale, and self...completely absorbed by the magnitude.

Incomprehensible that Gaudi (architect) was able to imagine and execute such engineering challenges over 100 years ago with technologies we do NOT have today. 

How many buildings are built in our life time that took over 100 years in recent history?

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::: recent trip to japon :::

winter visit to japan
ate good food and took bunch photos
here are few snap shots to share

every time i visit this country...there always something different....unique...and quite strange....

that can be....

objects...
advertisement ....
who ppl dress ...
graffiti ..
buildings..

but they do make me feel "at home" time to time.....even as a visitor

crowded metropolis Tokyo....yet there always some space to breathe
just like waiting for street light to change on busy streets

will upload more soon....


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