Fruit at the market

June 27th 2009
On Thursday we flew out of Granada up to Northeastern Spain to visit Barcelona! It is very different from every other Spanish city we have visited. First of all, the common language there is not Spanish, but Catalan (a combination of French and Spanish of some sort). It seemed odd to be in Spain and not speaking Spanish! Our first glimps of Barcelona was walking down the popular "Las Ramblas" ... 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

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We have been keeping this Blog for the past 4 years in order to keep our friends and family up to date on our travels around the world. Here is an update of where we have been and where we are going. Blogged Travels 2002 - Andy living and taking classes in Valladolid, Spain and traveling Spain and Europe (January - May) 2003 - Living and taking classes in Cuernavaca, Mexico and traveling Mexico. (June - July) 2007 - Living and taking classes in San Jose, Costa Rica and traveling Costa Rica (June - July) 2008 - Backpacking through Europe on our Honeymoon (June - July) 2009 - Living an... full info

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