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Leon

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June 2nd 2006
Well it seems as though you "can´t get there from here" in Spain either¿ We´re in Leon for the night after a two train ride from Bilbao. Had it all planned in our heads to get to Portugal by tommorrow night but the trains don´t add up. We have to go to Vigo and then to Porto so we´ll be there tomorrow night and in Portugal on Sunday. Been wandering around the town...the catherdral is unbeli ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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