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Day trip

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February 18th 2006
Recently took a small day excursion with some friends to Toledo, what used to be Spain's capital up until the 1500's or so. It's about an hour away by bus, south of Madrid and though we could've gone through the school, we were more fitted to go wander around on our own. Toledo is such a beautiful town! We went to the Cristo de la luz which was a mosque built long ago, a lot of things were buil ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile-La Mancha » Toledo

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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