Park Güell Mosaic Terrace, Barcelona

Vibrant scene at Park Güell's Mosaic Terrace in Barcelona, where whimsical, abstract-patterned cats with iridescent fur, in shades of emerald green, sapphire blue, and ruby red, are intensely focused on a game of chess, their paws handling ornate, hand-painted pieces on a board inlaid with glinting mother-of-pearl, as they sit along Gaudí's undulating, kaleidoscopic mosaic bench, which winds its way through the surreal, dreamlike stone architecture, with towering columns and twisting tree-like forms, overlooking the sprawling, sun-kissed cityscape of Barcelona, with its terracotta rooftops and distant, majestic Sagrada Familia, set against a brilliant, cloudless blue sky.