On the bus...

Spain and Portugal

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May 17th 2009
Barcelona We arrived safely with luggage in tow in Barcelona. To keep jetlag at bay we wandered around La Ramblers and visited the Roman Walls and Barcelona's Cathedral. The next day we jumped on a sight seeing bus which took us around to all the major sites - Gaudi's “La Sagrada Familia Temple”, “Casa Batllo” and “Park Guell” (where Gaudi lived in his former years) and the Spanish ... 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