City tour of Old Madrid

Madrid

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October 20th 2010
Sunshine and laid back would be the first few words that come to mind to describe this fast moving city of 3.2 million. Well, laid back except for the driving--round-about's are everywhere and admittedly I never fully got my bearings. Our host had arranged a van for most of our trip so we were simply grateful we survived and arrived everywhere in one piece! Travels from Berlin were fairly smo ... 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