Valle de los Caidos

I´ve been to hell and back

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October 24th 2005
¡Hola a todos! I´ve almost been in Spain two months now! Yesterday was day 53, our halfway point as we have 106 days in total. But when we were looking at the days we have left, we counted that out of 53 days, 31 of them are travel days. HECK YEAH!! 😊 I really feel at home in Madrid now. I know my way around the city easily (don´t have to break out the map every 5 minutes!) and feel ... 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