Royal Palace

Spain: Just another big city

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August 30th 2008
Hello all! Hope everyone is doing well. We took an overnight train from Lisbon to Madrid thinking we could catch some sleep and be refreshed and ready to tour Madrid in the morning. However, this was the furtherest from reality. Our vision 'of a cozy sleeping bunker' was instantly crushed when we boarded the train to see we would be crammed in with all the other backpackers into airplane-like chai ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » 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