The Thinker

how to NOT be homeless in a foreign country

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January 18th 2010
As you probably have heard me complain about... there's no res at ESADE, so I'm forced to find my own place in the city. I spent all of my first two and a half days in Barcelona house hunting... Guide to NOT being homeless: 1. communicate w/ landlords in a broken menage of french/spanish/english or any other sounds that resembles a word 2. make really good friends with google translator 3 ... 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