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Subject: [Leica] Barcelona Sagrada Familia 2026
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2013 15:49:14 +1000
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Saturday was a free entry day but you could only get in by pre-booking
on-line. I don't mind; I got to have pintxos and some wine again with
Mariela and Lluis instead ;-)
Besides it means that I must go back again.


Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 13 October 2013 13:39, <grduprey at mchsi.com> wrote:

> Geoff,
>
> The wait on Friday was only about 45 minutes.  I will be posting some
> photos soon and will include some of Sagrada Familia also.  The inside is
> really remarkable.
>
> Cheers,
> Gene
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2013 3:10:29 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Barcelona Sagrada Familia 2026
>
> I have been visiting the city since 2006 and I think each time a later
> completion date is mentioned. I still have never got inside and the lines
> were magnified this time due to the Festival. Still I always try to shoot
> some of the people outside. That set yet to come.
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Geoff
> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman
>
>
> On 12 October 2013 17:48, Frank Dernie <Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I would certainly visit to see the finished masterpiece!
> > It is probably my favourite building of all, and I am a huge fan of the
> > other Gaudi creations too, particularly the wood interiors.
> >
> > I have always thought it would be a good use of Bernie Ecclestone's money
> > to complete it, rather than wasting it on $1 million rock crystal baths
> for
> > his daughter, for example.
> > FD
> >
> > On 11 Oct, 2013, at 21:24, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > No way. The day the Sagrada Familia is completed, it will cease to be a
> > tourist attraction. It would be like straightening the Tower of Pisa. The
> > Catalans are too smart to allow that  to happen;-)
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Nathan
> > >
> > > Nathan Wajsman
> > > Alicante, Spain
> > > http://www.frozenlight.eu
> > > http://www.greatpix.eu
> > > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> > > Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> > >
> > > YNWA
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Oct 11, 2013, at 4:23 PM, Lluis Ripoll wrote:
> > >
> > >> A virtual vision as it shall be in 2026, please note, this will be a
> > good date for a big new gathering in Barcelona
> > >>
> > >> Enjoy!
> > >>
> > >> <
> >
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcDmloG3tXU&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DRcDmloG3tXU&app=desktop
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Saludos cordiales
> > >> Lluis
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
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Replies: Reply from lluisripollquerol at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] Barcelona Sagrada Familia 2026)
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