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My Parents Come to Visit!!!!

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March 5th 2006
OMG!! OMG!! OMG!! My Mommy and Daddy came from Jersey to come visit their favorite daughter, me!! Okay, so I'm the only daughter, so it works! They also happened to stay just across the street, in the Holiday Inn, less than a 5 minute walk. We saw a soccer game, ate tapas, and went shopping. On Sunday we went to El Rastro, the Spanish flea market. I skipped a class on Monday just to hang out, ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid

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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