Inside That Cathedral

¡Viva España!

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September 11th 2010
Okay....so we rolled into Madrid on the evening of September 5th. We had taken the plane from London and then took the metro to downtown Madrid. We had no problems whatsoever....except for the fact that neither of us had written down where our hostel was. We also realized there were no maps in the area...and that every store selling maps was closed since it was midnight. So, we wandered the st ... read more

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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