Love on the train

Happy Halloween!

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October 31st 2008
Happy Halloween; today we are in port in Barcelona. We ALL are going on a tour together to Montserrat mountain. We drove for about an hour in to the mountains; we then boarded a train that goes practically straight up the mountain. It took us to the famous Montserrat Monastery, founded as a Benedictine Abbey during the 11th century. It is perched on a ledge hanging 2,400 feet above the Llogregat r ... 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