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Amsterdam, Brussels, & Barcelona

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June 10th 2009
Hey everyone!! It´s a little after 10pm here and we just got back to the place were staying. We´ll give you a little more details about the past few days: AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS: We spent 2 nights here and we stayed on a houseboat. Our room was tiny (8x8) and we had a little porthole for a window. Surprisingly, this turned out to be the best place we had stayed yet. We couldn´t pronounce ... 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