Santa Pau

Thanks Olot!

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March 9th 2011
After our final visit to Barcelona we rented a car and will spend the next three weeks touring Spain and Portugal finally winding up in Madrid. We decided to go counter-clockwise around the Iberian Peninsula (as the square-ish peninsula is called) first heading into the Pyrenees. Because it is still winter, our options were a bit limited so we are staying at the lower end of the Pyrenees and hea ... 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