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.
May 13th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona BARCELONA TO ALICANTE
Day 4….We managed to make our 10:30 am train, without the assistance of an alarm clock. (Cell phones won’t work here, so there goes that option) Doesn’t ... 12 photos[full story]
May 14th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona La Sagrada Familia
This work-in-progress cannot be described in a single blog entry, or expressed in any photos. As a matter of fact, it is nearly impossible to capture the massive size of the b ... 8 photos[full story]
May 13th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona DAY 0
After much planning and even more anticipation, we left for JFK at 2pm on Thursday the 8th. We knew we were in for some added excitement when the livery driver drove past our exit on 91, a ... 13 photos[full story]
May 13th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona Wow, what a day! It's only 7:30 here but I am ready to go to sleep. Our flight left Atlanta last night at 8:09 US time and we arrived in Barcelona at 11:10 (but the flight was only 9 hours.. oh what s ... 119 photos[full story]
May 13th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona After catching the TGV back to Paris, the Metro to another train station, a train to the airport and a monorail to our terminal we finally boarded our plane to Barcelona. We left Paris pretty much ove ... [full story]
April 27th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona Easter Sunday 27 of April 2008. Everyone in Greece is waking up with a hangover, slowly making their way towards their grandparents house in the village, ready to roast a lamb to celebrate Christ know ... 44 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona
Had lunch with G down by the coast, which was nice, although everyone seemed to be a little stressed and agi while we were trying to find a place to eat. I got the cod gratin, which was sooooo garl ... 6 photos[full story]
April 17th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona I didn't know that I was going to Barcelona until the day before Easter Friday. Suddenly I found myself not working for the easter unexpectedly. So I took the following four days from Tuesday to Frida ... 187 photos[full story]
May 5th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona Last night we stayed in our first hostel after departing Rochester 20 days ago. We were pampered at Beth's house and then we were pampered on the cruise ship. This staying in hostels business will t ... 12 photos[full story]
May 6th 2008Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona My first three days traveling made for an interesting time, to say the least. It is amazing that one can so totally detach himself or herself completely from the real world that has been left behind ... 9 photos[full story]
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