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w/c 22.06.08

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June 29th 2008
Sunday 22 June 2008 My god it's hot!! Had to put the A/C on today because it was just too much to handle. Not even a little breeze. Alex still played footie though while I did my exercise videos in the comfort of the air conditioned flat. Monday 23 June 2008 We ate a mediocre dinner of tostas which turned out to be a piece of bread (albeit very nice bread) with some stuff on ... 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