Plaza Mayor in Madrid

Living it up in Spain

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May 8th 2009
Spain is almost like a vacation from my vacation... First of all, I´m sitting in my hotel room with a computer connected to the internet. That itself is amazing (given that I didn´t bring a laptop). The room is also only 40 euros, if I heard them correctly of course. So I´m catching up on some blogging. I met Scott in the Madrid airport 3 weeks ago. The plan was to head to Toledo from ... 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