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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]
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] Blog: Beautiful Barcelona
Date: July 3rd 2008
(Clover) Off the Plane from Amsterdam where everyone speaks English into Spain. Thank god for Scott's Spanish. His Spanish was actually really helpful in Italy as well. It was incredibly helpful. Rarely will you run into anyone that speaks English in Spain and the further off the track you go the harder it is to find that person. But that is why we travel :) The first hurdle was to find the ... read more
Date: July 3rd 2008
(Clover) Off the Plane from Amsterdam where everyone speaks English into Spain. Thank god for Scott's Spanish. His Spanish was actually really helpful in Italy as well. It was incredibly helpful. Rarely will you run into anyone that speaks English in Spain and the further off the track you go the harder it is to find that person. But that is why we travel :) The first hurdle was to find the ... read more
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