Mezquita from the river

AVE, Cordoba

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September 21st 2009
AVE, zoom zoom This was my first experience with a bullet train; at one point we were going in excess of 250 K/h. Wheee! that was fun!! Can we go again? It was great watching the countryside zooming past. A funny note: in the US, we have the ubiquitous black luggage; in Espania, it is the ubiquitous red luggage. No pom-poms, doo-dads, ribbons, or identifiers of any sort that I can fin ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Córdoba

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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