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First Days in Barcelona

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June 9th 2010
So.... I got a first class seat on the way here!! It was waaay nicer even than I had imagined - there was a three course dinner that started off with assorted nuts and then continued with soup, shrimp (eww), salad, bread, spinach pasta, and then cheescake for desert! And then there was a really good omelet for breakfast. The seats reclined almost all the way, so I slept for about four hours! ... 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