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Toledo is Magical

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July 28th 2007
The taxi driver who picked me up from the train sation said that for every Toledo native there are ten tourists. It is a little city for sure; a big change from Barcelona. Ancient too. It kind of feels like you stepped into a little kid's vision of some medievil kingdom. I read somewhere that its considered to be an open air museum and it kind of feels like that; like you're actually inside of an ... 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