The Day With the Sacred Family

The last business site we visited was King Video Games who are most notable for the beloved mobile game Candy Crush. The visit was nothing short of amazing. King had been the first gaming company I've ever visited and it's by far the coolest site visit we've had. It was very untraditional, although the informal work environment is becoming eversi popular. We walked in and we're greeted by these sliding doors, and beyond lied neon orange lights guiding us to Ferran Salcedo who gave us a detailed breakdown of King Video Games and how they specialize in customer retention rather than expansion of the target market. He explained how a large portion of their market comprises of older people and I found that interesting because it's perceived that only younger generations play video and mobile games, but majority of their market is geared towards older people.

After King Video Games, we trekked to La Sagrada Familia or the Sacred Family. Sagrada Familia has to be one of the most intricately detailed structures I've ever had the pleasure of seeing. It tells the life story of Jesus from birth to death. It depicts it in such detail that it would take all day to actually analyze and familiarize yourself with the structure. It's by far the largest building in all of Barcelona, and I only realized when I visited Park Guell. it gives a nice view of Barcelona from the hills, and Sagrada Familia towers over the rest of Barcelona; to think it's still incomplete is astonishing.

One of the most distinct qualities of Sagrada Familia is it's gothic style, and literal night-and-day difference between the front of the Cathedral and the back. The front depicts the birth of Jesus and his beginnings which are represented in full lively looking figures. The back, which was completed by a different artist, is done in a modernist sort of style. Everything is cold and bleak, and is very reminiscent of bone.