The Face of Barcelona

Over the Bus!

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August 29th 2007
There comes a stage in one’s life when you get ABSOLUTELY sick to death of being on a bus - I’m there! Today was another of the long haul legs, from Nice to Barcelona - without any interesting stops along the way. I guess that stopping through some gorgeous European towns would make life so much easier - but then we’d have even less time in the big cities…and we had heard from Tam and Sam ... 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