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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]
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] Blog: Paella, Procession, and the Prado
Date: June 6th 2008
On the train to Barcelona on May. 13, we could feel the excitement building, knowing that we were on our way to Spain. Among other things, we were looking forward to conversing with people again, since our Spanish is much better than our French. Our train stopped and we realized that we had crossed into Spain without noticing, and had to change trains en route to Barcelona. The train transfer had ... read more
Date: June 6th 2008
On the train to Barcelona on May. 13, we could feel the excitement building, knowing that we were on our way to Spain. Among other things, we were looking forward to conversing with people again, since our Spanish is much better than our French. Our train stopped and we realized that we had crossed into Spain without noticing, and had to change trains en route to Barcelona. The train transfer had ... read more
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