Barcelona- TAPAS!!!

Big P´s European Adventure-Chapter 13-Barcelona...and the "lost day"

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May 26th 2008
I arrived in Barcelona's airport to a beautiful, sunny, hot day. I couldn't wait to get into the city and start exploring. Not having anything booked or any particular place set aside to stay in, i got information from the airport tourist desk on where a heap of hotels were located. I headed there- Plasseig De Gracia it was called, via the train. Barclelona has a huge metro system, and a train ... 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