gaudi gardens

the rain in spain stays mainly in the plains

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September 23rd 2006
these last entries have been typed from the comfort of home sweet home.. a bit of a retrospective really.. to devoted blog fans (thats probably just you o&o!), sorry about the delay ;o) ok, what to say about barcelona... Our initial impressions were not so good (to say the least). Firstly, we had been pre-warned about the frequent incidence of daylight robbery by another aussie backpacker in ... 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