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First day Barcelona

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May 22nd 2007
Got to Barcelona and it's hot too...expected cooler thanks to the ocean but no sirree. Spent the first day in a travel haze but easily caught a few Gaudi sites just as much as luck as anything else. Wandered the streets, and enjoyed ourselves immensely. First hotel here sucked but maybe I'm just spoiled now...less talk, more pics this time. 😊 There are beautiful little parrots (quaker m ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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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