Gant & his first mime

Madrid

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June 9th 2010
So here we are recuperating beside the pool in Bangkok. Whose idea was it to spend 30 hours in Madrid? The laugh was on us on that one. Madrid is a beautiful clean, historic, stylish and arty city. There are more museums and galleries per square km. that week would have been better and would have done it more justice. Obviously we must have been a little underprepared after a week of pam ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » 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