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Bilbao: Bridges, trains and the metro....

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May 11th 2014
So, I'm in Spain! After a rather long wait in Heathrow (I knew we were delayed before the ground staff...), I was on a flight to Spain! Since Vueling is a Spanish company, all the flight announcements were done in Spanish... Good for me to practice, but bad for the Aussie sat behind me! (Lovely guy, told me he'd just spent a few days on Skye. Did say he'd seen it by bus though. Hopefully not Haggi ... read more

Europe » Spain » Basque Country » Bilbao

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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