Friend won't go to "building site"

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My friend and I are due to go away "somewhere in europe" at Easter. We had agreed on a city break. Lots of options were discussed and we settled on Barcelona where neither of us have been. Flights booked but no accommodation yet. One of the sites we discussed being excited to see is la sagrada familia.

In conversation, I mentioned that it seemed crazy to us, living in 2024 that it had taken 140 yrs to complete and still wasn't quite built, but in the past this was the norm for cathedrals. My friend was more silent for the rest of the convo and today she asked if we could actually rebook for someone else as she didn't fancy going to a "building site" on her holiday (she particularly likes to visit cathedrals wherever she goes). Wtf? I've tried explain to her that it won't be like the quarry of the HS2 extension there, but she is insistent that she only sees a cathedral in "all its glory".

I'm so frustrated with her (given flights are already booked) that quite frankly I'm going to cancel. AIBU?

Brilliant OP

please book for 2 days after completion. And when it's inevitably delayed by another year.... oh the hilarity 😂😍

Yes, it will no doubt run over and when it is completed it will be impossible to get tickets for some time I’m guessing. Now is the time to go!

Good luck with your —batshit— friend

What an idiot your friend is 🙄
Are you still going 2 days earlier than her so you can see the SF?

Well does she realise that it will another 8 years before the controversial staircase will be finished!! Ihope you are still going to go yourself

End outcome : Going together , same flights and hotel etc. She will go shopping or eat tapas while I go to SF. She will return in 2026