bilboa

in leon

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June 2nd 2006
it´s hot here. thank god, nice weather for a change. the train thing is kind of weird though cause we have very strange time to cathc these thing. we catch a train to vigo tommorw, and might have to spend a night there otherwize we´d get into portugal at 11 pm, and there´s no way to get a hostel then. oh well, we have about 2 weeks of "oops" time for thins like this. can´t wait for portugal, w ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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