Griff in front of the palace

SPAIN- An Update for Club Members!

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June 11th 2006
Our last moments in Spain were spent waiting out our time between the bus drop-off in Madrid and our plane to Prague. We sat at a park across from the Prado Museum and watched a middle aged man with red-rimmed glasses eating a broken coconut like a chipmunk. After every few mouth-fulls he would let out a chuckle that made his shoulders shake. We watched him from a park bench in a small ... 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