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Recap Continued

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May 22nd 2007
(I decided to break up the recaps so that it wasn't soooo much at once!) Toledo- This city south of Madrid is on a hillside and it looks like it was taken out of a storybook or something. All the streets on the inside were cobblestone, there's a huge river that runs through it with beautiful bridges and valleys, and the streets are reeeeally small but really cute. We tried to walk around as much ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid

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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