Mercat De La boqueria (4)

9th January

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January 9th 2010
Buenos Dias! Here we are again - lucky I can type reasonably quickly otherwise would spend hours writing to you... Today was a bit of a slow day and we just went wandering and guess what - we went to La Rambla again and decided to take a few side streets - one was a market - Mercat De L Boqueria - well we were knocked out by what we saw in there - absolutely incredible - it was a fruit, vege ... 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