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Barcelona 2010: arrival

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March 19th 2010
THis was our second trip to Spain but our first to Barcelona, a city I have always wanted to visit! Our flights were fine, on time and non-eventful. We left MPLS at 7:20 pm and flew to Chicago, and overnight to Heathrow. From Heathrow it was a few hours to BCN. We treated ourselves to a taxi since we didn't know the metro system, we had luggage, and it was getting dark out. So it was actually ... 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