mediterranean water!

Valencia

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March 23rd 2007
First of all, I’d like to apologize for not writing for so long…I’m sure you are wondering how the rest of my spring vacation was after the disaster that was Naples! Well, as I said before, once that plane landed in Barcelona I felt a sigh of relief. The weather was perfect, the airport was clean, we flew in right over the ocean…it was getting better already. I would have loved to stay i ... read more

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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 ... ... read more