One Entrance to Retiro

My Quintessential Madrid Experience - Retiro Park

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September 12th 2010
I have been focusing on a lot of my travel and events I have gone to or participated in, but I also want to share some of the many experiences that I go through on a daily basis while living here in Madrid... thus my new series: My Quintessential Madrid Experience! Short little posts about things I do that are very "spanish" or "madrilleño". (I have so many things I would like to share, but writi ... 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