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Madrid on Five Euros A Day

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July 13th 2008
Madrid on Five Euros A Day We arrived at our hotel in the middle of the old city. It took about 45 minutes from the airport, due to the time of day. We boarded the bus around 3:00 p.m., which is the time many workers head home for the day. Since Madrid is a cosmopolitan region with more than six million people, and half of them live in the city proper, traffic is congested in ... 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