La Sagrada Familia

Basking in Barcelona

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July 19th 2006
We've been here for about a week and a half now and I haven't written a word about what we've been doing. So here goes. School. That's my word. Catch y'all later. Oh, I kid. Yes, it seems school does take up a large portion of our time but we've done other things as well. Once we got here, we had to get settled in our little dorm rooms, deal with a mishap at the laundry, etc. We've be ... 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