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A couple of days already in Valencia!

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July 24th 2009
Got to Valencia after my 4 hour train ride and the first thing I noticed was it is ridiculously hot! The day I arrived it was 42C, yesterday 42C and to day was 40C…OMFG! Though since being in Italy and now Spain I’m getting use to being sweaty, smelly and sticky all the time, it’s not nice at all but you have no choice. But Valencia is fantastic. First thing I had to do was have a nap, when ... 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