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Barcelon-Girona-Barcelona

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June 19th 2007
Arriving in Barcelona was beautiful..huge culture shock from Berlin and for almost 3 days I could only come up with German or french(?) when I was trying to communicate....and a few words of resort spanish...damn! I was to rent an apartment from a couch surfer from Venice Beach (Texas originally), Ramzi, but he ended up staying in town and we hung out for a few days. While in town I spent most of ... 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