La Ramblas

Short and sweet

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May 25th 2007
Friday: La Ramblas, and a little market that the locals use. Beautiful and disturbing at the same time - lots of thing we do not see at Granville Island! Tonight is going to be relaxing and tomorrow will be meeting up with Sharen and Kalv for dinner and drinks...really can't wait!!! Suspect this is the last entry before we return home on Monday. Miss you all! Once again it's 9PM so we're he ... 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