Mercardo de San Miguel

Tapas, tapas and more tapas, even Rach got sick of Tapas!

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November 27th 2009
Welcome back blog fans! Well, our plans changed slightly, due to some exorbitant plane fares... Subsequently, we decided to wrap our tour of Portugal in a Spanish sandwich. We have split our blog of Spain into two - first will be Madrid, a short break of 6 days in Portugal (see following blog), then our 3 days in Barcelona. So here we go with Madrid… We finally arrived in the early evening ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid

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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