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Vacaciones de día de Acción de Gracias

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November 26th 2006
Week before last was Thanksgiving break. Looks like we will be having a Thanksgiving dinner with our professors after all, but it will be on Tuesday due to a series of set funny, but not funny enough to type out in full. Ok, so a week off in Spain, what is one to do? Dionne and I traveled to Madrid and then Barcelona. In Madrid, we stayed in the Cats hostel...the first hostel experience for ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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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