Sardines @ Mercat de la Boqueria, Barcelona

June 7th 2006
Landing in Valencia, the pilot announced to the t-shirt and shorts clad passengers that the weather outside was 16 degrees and raining. A collective protest went up from the crowd. "How rude!" Surely we´d been through enough bad weather in chilly Ireland? Fortunately, Spain is renowned for its warm weather and things all came good on my second day when I headed to Barcelona. The sun came out ... 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

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Ellen Around the World

I'm an Aussie girl who's mad about travel! Me and my pack have covered lots of ground over the past few years .... 2003 - 3 months leave to backpack Europe & Canada 2004 - Holidays in Bali, Indonesia 2005 - Holidays in Turkey, Greece & Thailand 2006 - 5 months leave to travel around the world - India, Nepal, to China, across Mongolia and Russia, through Eastern and some of Western Europe. Then home via Canada and the US. January 2007 - Holidays, North Island, NZ September, 2007 I decided I needed a break from the corporate grind and resigned from Ford in Australia, to do a year ... full info

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