Even if you don't get very excited about touring cathedrals to admire the

architecture, there is a church being built in Spain that you just have to see

for yourself. Now, in the last few years, the staggering, almost emotional

experience as you walk in from the outside and the space and the light kind of

explodes above your head. Coming up, Art Historian Geist van Hensberg

shares his enthusiasm for the genius of Antony Gaudi. His vision for the world's

most famously unfinished landmark is Nearing Completion at Barcelona's Sagrada

Familia. Plus frequent traveler Seth Cougill helps you get more of what you really

want out of your travels. I kind of noticed a lot of disconnects between what

people really want to get out of travel and what they actually do when they

travel. It's a guide for the globally curious and the story of Gaudi's masterpiece

on today's travel with Rick Steves. Stay with us.

Have you ever found yourself over-planning a trip that you'd been anticipating

for a long time and your itinerary got in the way of actually enjoying yourself?

Coming up, Seth Cougill offers a few time-tested tips to allow yourself the trip

of a lifetime. I didn't expect I'd live long enough to ever see it finished. The

Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona has always been under construction. It survived

two world wars, a civil war, penny-pinching accountants and the hungry years of

Franco's rule. Plans were at a complete construction in 2026 for the centennial of

architect Antony Gaudi's death. But revenues have been down due to the visitor

closures during the pandemic so it's not looking likely. But it's getting close.

Just before last Christmas, Sagrada Familia changed the Barcelona skyline with a

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