Mosaic in Parc Guell

Where to start??

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September 22nd 2006
Where to start? At the beginning. I left San Diego a little over a two weeks ago to begin yet again another adventure in Spain. Plagued by nerves and disbelief that I was going abroad for a long time I got very little sleep except for a cat nap that I took in the Frankfurt airport during my 5 hour layover underneath a speaker announcing departure gates in German. Ein, zwei, drei. After a gruel ... 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