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January 15th 2009
Wednesday, I decided that although I really needed to sleep, that I would go back to the CoCathedral de San Nicholas for the 8:00 mass. I will admit that I was going not for the mass itself, but to hopefully hear the massive organ that the Cathedral. I enjoyed the short walk from the hotel to the church with the locals of to work and only had to ask for directions once (but only to save time, I ... 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