Cristiano Ronaldo

My Quintessential Madrid Experience - Real Madrid

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September 27th 2010
There are two soccer (or futbol in Spanish) teams in Madrid. There is Real Madrid and also Atletico Madrid. Real is by far the most famous and is considered the upper class, rich team while Atletico is considered to be more the working class team. Yet, since Madrid (and Barcelona) have all the rich owners and high paying members, they have the money to buy the best players from the world and tend ... 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