Justin with Susie

"AC/DC - Barcelona-Madrid"

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January 2nd 2010
1st April '09: Justin is my dinner companion in Barcelona - he is a chap I met on a polar expedition. Well, it was billed as an expedition, requiring high levels of fitness, but really it was a small cruise for duffers. Let’s just say that we were fit before we started. It was a circumnavigation of a Norwegian archipelago in the High Arctic, and yes, we saw polar bears - in fact, if you scroll ... 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