Scooter, Barcelona

January 1st 2007
If 28 years have taught me anything - and they clearly haven’t - it’s that one night and one night alone each year is as bound to disappoint as Whoopi Goldberg at the box office. Yet as December slouches toward the finish line, I’ve still suckered myself into thinking that Barcelona 2007 will somehow avoid the sorry fates of Seattle 2006, Athens 1998, and too many New Yorks to count. All th ... 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

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Christopher Vourlias

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Chris is an avid traveler and hypercaffeinated writer, criss-crossing the globe and occasionally remembering to call home. Follow me at postcardjunky.wordpress.com. UPDATE, 22 January 2010: For those of you - both of you? - who have been following this blog off and on (mostly off) for the past few years, it's time to officially put it on a permanent hiatus. As much as I love these nutty little essays about my time on the road, they're just a bit too time-consuming to keep up with, given the demands of my freelance work. So for now, my dear TravelBlog, it's time to say adieu, though ... full info

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