Palacio de Cristal

Day 2 : Madrid to Mexico City

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December 16th 2007
After crashing early at 8 pm, I was wide awake at 4am when I finally woke up. As we were only here for another 8 hours and were going to be in another time-zone by tonight there did not seem to be much point in trying to fix my body clock, so a quick shower then out the door with the Camera and Tripod to the Palace for a early morning photo shoot. All rugged up with warm jumpers, gloves and be ... 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