Sagrada La Familia

Barcelona, Spain

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November 20th 2007
Last weekend, November 16th-18th, Sarah and I went on a weekend holiday to Spain. Our trip there was pretty long. We left Greystones at 2:20pm, arrived at the bus station in Dublin at around 3:40, took a bus to the airport, picked up our boarding pass, went through security, and finally departed at 6:15pm. We arrived in Spain around 9:30pm. We took a shuttle from the airport to Barcelona city ... 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