Football in Milano

Made it to Madrid

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April 25th 2010
Hola! I made it to Spain, Madrid. It took a while - 9 hours on the train from Berlin to Paris where i was kind of stuck again because all the trains were booked out - so I was in Paris for 2 nights and then I took a bus from Paris to Madrid which took 17 hours! I walked the streets of Paris and took a few photos but I will be returning there on a tour which starts mid May. The tour will cov ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid

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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