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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: The Mediterranean Coast: Land of the rich and famous
and thieves too!
Date: June 16th 2006
Hello Everyone! After Morocco we took our night train to Madrid and planned continuing straight on to Barcelona, but the train was full so we were stuck in Madrid for the day and had to take a night train to Barcelona. The great thing with having a few extra hours in Madrid was that we were able to go to the Reina Sofia Museum with Picasso’s Guernica (YEAH!) bad thing was we were going to ... read more
Date: June 16th 2006
Hello Everyone! After Morocco we took our night train to Madrid and planned continuing straight on to Barcelona, but the train was full so we were stuck in Madrid for the day and had to take a night train to Barcelona. The great thing with having a few extra hours in Madrid was that we were able to go to the Reina Sofia Museum with Picasso’s Guernica (YEAH!) bad thing was we were going to ... read more
