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Goodbye Hong Kong, Hello Spain

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July 21st 2007
So today we arrived Spain, leaving Hong Kong last night and having a six hour stopover in London. The flight was great - got to sleep heaps and watch some great movies, and the seats werent too bad either. I hated being so close to the UK family and not being able to see them all!!! Its been so hard to find time & energy even to get onto the net to update the last few days. So much has happene ... 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