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Background: Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). In the second half of the 20th century, Spain has played a catch-up role in the western international community; it joined the EU in 1986. Continuing challenges include Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorism and further reductions in unemployment.
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November 19th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
So my day and a half in Barcelona was pretty good considering I spent a sizeable amount of it trying to buy a spanish sim card. But after about 4 hours my hard work paid off and I'm really happy with ... [full story]
So my day and a half in Barcelona was pretty good considering I spent a sizeable amount of it trying to buy a spanish sim card. But after about 4 hours my hard work paid off and I'm really happy with ... [full story]
November 16th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
Barcelona was crazy! You definitely need to have a lot of energy for that city! Our entire visit it was in the 70’s and sunny, so we completely lucked out weather wise. We hiked up a lot of hill ... [full story]
Barcelona was crazy! You definitely need to have a lot of energy for that city! Our entire visit it was in the 70’s and sunny, so we completely lucked out weather wise. We hiked up a lot of hill ... [full story]
November 16th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
Barcelona is not only the financial capital of Spain, but it is also a city affluent in art. Take a walk down to Port Olympic and admire the many sculptures that whimsically adorn your stroll. It i ... [full story]
Barcelona is not only the financial capital of Spain, but it is also a city affluent in art. Take a walk down to Port Olympic and admire the many sculptures that whimsically adorn your stroll. It i ... [full story]
November 9th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Lleida
Now without looking at your atlas or opening up Google can you say exactly how many kilometres it is from Barcelona to Lleida and in which direction from Barcelona is this city nobody has ever heard o ... 9 photos [full story]
Now without looking at your atlas or opening up Google can you say exactly how many kilometres it is from Barcelona to Lleida and in which direction from Barcelona is this city nobody has ever heard o ... 9 photos [full story]
November 11th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
Well, I slept like a baby who hadn´t slept in 30 hours....I was hoping to be up fairly early but I only woke up at 9 am because I heard someone else´s alarm go off down the hall - thanks! Maybe they ... [full story]
Well, I slept like a baby who hadn´t slept in 30 hours....I was hoping to be up fairly early but I only woke up at 9 am because I heard someone else´s alarm go off down the hall - thanks! Maybe they ... [full story]
November 8th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
Our surroundings here are so comfortable that we have slept in again this morning although it won’t matter as we planned to be a bit later catching the train as we have clothes washing to do. S ... 8 photos [full story]
Our surroundings here are so comfortable that we have slept in again this morning although it won’t matter as we planned to be a bit later catching the train as we have clothes washing to do. S ... 8 photos [full story]
November 8th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
We took one of those Eyewitness Travel top 10 books on our trip to Barcelona. It has inspired me to come up with a list of my own, in answer to this question: Why do I love Barcelona? #1 It loo ... 33 photos [full story]
We took one of those Eyewitness Travel top 10 books on our trip to Barcelona. It has inspired me to come up with a list of my own, in answer to this question: Why do I love Barcelona? #1 It loo ... 33 photos [full story]
November 7th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
As we mentioned yesterday this hotel on the University campus is stylish.And we have a bidet!! We are now starting to rank our hotel stays in Europe by whether our bathroom has a bidet or not and we ... 12 photos [full story]
As we mentioned yesterday this hotel on the University campus is stylish.And we have a bidet!! We are now starting to rank our hotel stays in Europe by whether our bathroom has a bidet or not and we ... 12 photos [full story]
November 6th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
It was to be one of those incidents that for years we have joked about butwe never expect that they will ever actually happen to us!!However, this morning was to be different. After a rather spartan ... 6 photos [full story]
It was to be one of those incidents that for years we have joked about butwe never expect that they will ever actually happen to us!!However, this morning was to be different. After a rather spartan ... 6 photos [full story]
October 30th 2009 Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona
I headed off to Girona on the fervent recommendation of Loriane from Canada (who I met in Madrid). Its a fairly small town with a long wall stretching across half of it which you can walk along. You r ... 14 photos [full story]
I headed off to Girona on the fervent recommendation of Loriane from Canada (who I met in Madrid). Its a fairly small town with a long wall stretching across half of it which you can walk along. You r ... 14 photos [full story]
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