Mistral Beach

Barcelona

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April 19th 2007
Well my first two weeks back in Spain were spent back in Marbella (I was still working at that point). Here we were thinking on arrival when it was gorgeous and sunny that the next two weeks were gonna be a lot different from cold dreary London!! Well we were wrong!!! The first two days were alright, then it got cloudy and then rainy, and then windy and rainy, and stayed that way the whole time! ... 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