Madrid for the weekend Photo 18

Madrid for the weekend

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December 20th 2008
So I finally left Paris for a weekend! My friend Mandy had her friend, Daniel, visiting from Canada and the three of us decided to go to Madrid for the weekend. It was really nice to get out of Paris for a bit. I was shocked, however, at how polluted Madrid was. I felt that I could taste the pollution in the air. After that, and coming back to Paris, I am really starting to miss the clean BC ... 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