Our first sangrias in Spain!

Day 1 - Barcelona

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February 10th 2012
Hi everyone! Melanie here. We arrived in Barcelona around 9:30PM on the 9th. We took a taxi straight to our hotel, but our taxi driver got a little lost (supposedly) and it took us a a bit longer to get to our hotel. It's all good because we ended up paying exactly what trusty ol' Rick Steves said we'd have to pay anyways. We are staying at Hotel California, which is on a little ... 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