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Montserrat

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January 8th 2012
Montserrat. A city literally built into the side of a mountain. It was amazing. After about an hour long subway ride, we got to the cable cars that took us all the way up the mountain. This was unreal, and I was freaking out. You could see the cable car station then were they were heading, but you couldn't see where it ended, it just kept going up the mountain. So after freaking out for a b ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona » Monistrol de Montserrat

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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