Celebrations

Aussie World Cup fever in Barcelona and much other stuff too......

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June 13th 2006
Well, I did a bit of a jig whilst carrying my pack down the gang plank in Tangier on Sunday morning. Whilst I really loved my visit to Morocco, I was excited about returning to Spain. Uneventful fast ferry trip, booked my overnight train ticket to Barcelona via Bobadilla (where is that you may well ask? Answer, somewhere between Cordoba and Granada according to my GPS), and wandered around a ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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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