Barcelona's Arc de Triompf

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September 8th 2007
I arrived in Barcelona on Tuesday afternoon. When the plane touched down I began to have the paranoid feeling that I hadn't travelled anywhere at all, and that the producers of my Truman Show-like life had just changed the sets when I dozed off on the plane. But after a few days in the city, I think it is safe to say that I am indeed in another country on another continent. Because they are alw ... 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