My Child Drew This

The rain in Spain falls mainly on the... Barcelona?

---

May 11th 2008
Ok, I think I've figured it out: Everytime we go somewhere, it's a long weekend, and everytime we get there the weather is unseasonable. That's the only way to explain why it rained in Barcelona while we were there. And if it hadn't been for our reservations in Barcelona, I would have gotten off the train at the second seaside town we stopped in. And it's not that there was anything wrong with ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

---

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