Bike tricks, Barcelona

December 30th 2006
The CouchSurfing situation this week has clearly gotten out of hand. With an endless rush of out-of-towners scampering to occupy a limited supply of couches, a veritable CS ghetto has cropped up in places around town. I’m sharing the apartment of Robin - a sweet, quirky Dutch kid I met in Lisbon - with somewhere between six and eight other ... 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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