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A bunch of days...in 1 entry...not very exciting.

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September 21st 2008
9 - 21 - 08 Finally, a morning that I didn’t have to wake up to an alarm! I got up around 9:30 and got dressed and ready to go to El Rastro again! I was only there for 20 min or so when it started raining! Kinda bad, kinda good. Bad because I got soaked!, Good because there weren’t very many people and the vendors were more likely to give me a discount. I found quite a bit that I wanted to ge ... 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