Spain- madrid 5- flamenco retiro 016

Madrid/Barcelona

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June 22nd 2008
Día 16- June 8, 2008 Today we returned to Madrid… it was kind of hard to wake up this morning (didn’t get to bed till 4, had to be up at 8…) but we caught our bus home (10 am) and had a verrrry restful drive home (I slept the entiiiire way). Kim and I took the metro home, and Pilar had a nice Spanish tortilla waiting for us for lunch, and our clean laundry was laying neatly on our beds—s ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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