One of the buildings in the Square

Madrid...

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July 26th 2006
So to save myself hours upon hours of sitting in front of a computer I decided to split the blogs covering the last five weeks of my life. Madrid exceeded all my expectations. Before this trip to Spain I had only been to Barcelona and people had always been telling me that I didn't miss a thing by not seeing Madrid. After spending three days there I couldn't disagree more. Don't get me wron ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of 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