In the Bari Gotic

Sunny Spain

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November 29th 2007
Another travel day. Today that meant getting up at 6, getting the kids up at 6:45 and biking to the train station. We then two took trains to Charleroi and a city bus to the airport. The kids were thrilled that there was, once again, a little plastic house to play in near the terminal. Sometimes happiness really is the simple things. The flight to Girona was about an hour and forty minutes. ... 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