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Madrid Day 2

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October 29th 2008
My second day in Madrid started off with a huge chocolate covered pastry. They are all about their pastries there. We bought pastries on the way to the metro and then took the subway into the center of the city. Once we got off the metro we stopped to eat our pastries on a bench across from the National Library. The Spanish have some funny statues. I saw a couple statues that just made me laugh, f ... 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