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Barcelona

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April 26th 2017
Yippie! We arrive in Spain! The flight from Portland to Amsterdam was 9 hours 45 minuets, while that seems long, making regular trips to Hawaii (6hours) put me in shape for this kind of trip. We were able to secure exit row seats with some sizable leg space. While this may be better than regular coach it's not close to first class, and it is by no means close to coach on Emerits. The thing about t ... 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