La Sagrada Familia

Barcelona

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March 11th 2009
My train to Barcelona left last Thursday morning, and I returned to Alicante late afternoon Sunday after three full days of sight-seeing and fun with eight other girls from my group - seven from Mizzou and one from Erskine. I was on the same train as two friends, and when we got to Barcelona we decided to attempt to find our hostel without taking the metro. It took us almost an hour, but after ... 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