Seafood Paella and Cava

The beach!!!

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September 14th 2008
I set my alarm so I would get up early enough to take a shower before breakfast. So I did that and went down to the common room for some breakfast and to hoard some more free food. Yesterday I made reservations with this place to do a walking tour of the gothic quarter, they said they had sent a fax with our reservations to our hostel, but the front desk says there wasn’t any. So we just walked ... 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