Chapter 1107: Drunken courage (1)
The cruise trip was going to take them from a few destinations in Spain eventually landing in Italy to various cities like Rome, Florence and Venice. Today was their last day in Spain where Jin and Alix would spend some time in Barcelona before their cruise ship would start heading towards Genoa, Italy and continue its cruise to Italian cities.
They were now wandering inside Sagrada Familia, the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. The church’s construction was first started in 1882 and since then, it was still in construction - even today in the 21st century.
Alix paused beneath a cluster of soaring columns. "Gaudí never saw it finished. He gave it everything, but he died with it still unfinished," she muttered to herself.
By Gaudi, she meant the church’s chief architect who had first overtaken the construction in 1882.
"Wonder if there was any point devoting his whole life to it."
Jin looked at her sideways. "That doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth building. It’s still beautiful."
Their eyes met - which Alix couldn’t quite put her finger on as to why his black irises seemed to particularly draw her in.
"You would chase after something you know you might not get to see the end of it?"
"At least I know I gave it my all. Die trying is better than doing nothing."
She slightly clenched her bag that still held the other scarf. She had been planning to give it to him but couldn’t.
It’s just a scarf. Why is it so hard? She wondered.
Then there was Jin, who had his own uncertainties he was grappling with. He was just like Alix - not knowing what was exactly bothering him but that discomforting feeling was increasingly growing heavier than he had expected since the past few days.