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It´s Not Spain! It´s Catalonia (Day 32)

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June 12th 2010
So today is a big day. For two reasons that have nothing to do with what I am doing today. First off, today marks a month´s worth of traveling for me. It has been an incredible trip so far and I cannot really describe it in a few words. A month sounds long but it has gone real quick and I feel like I am already counting down the days till I fly home even though I am far from halfway. As some ... 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