Montserrat in the snow (2)

January 10th

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January 10th 2010
Buenos dias, Are you ready for a bit of history? We booked a trip to go to Montserrat today and were up bright and early... and went to where we had to catch the bus to head up there...... well after much waiting and toing and froing it appeared that we weren't going to get there by our booked tour bus. It's after Christmas and the low season here so numbers were so down - we, apparently, wer ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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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