Valencia to Gibraltar Day 10: Cartagena Day 2 20230614_112716

Valencia to Gibraltar Day 10: Cartagena Day 2

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June 19th 2023
Today, our 2nd day in Cartagena, we planned on visiting some museums and taking the tourist boat around the bay. We left the hotel a little after 10am, and wandered down to the marina or port. Yesterday evening we'd been to the port to check it out and found out there was a tourist boat that went around the bay, stopping at the Faro del Navidad, or the Christmas Lighthouse. Apparently its called 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