La Ramblas

Barcelona - Take 1

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January 2nd 2011
It's hard to believe but it's been 19 years since the Summer Olympics made a home in Barcelona. We may be old, but if it's any consolation Barcelona is much older, and with age comes charisma and it's for that reason that you should put Barcelona on your must see cities list. Barcelona's beauty took us by surprise. The city is filled with Gothic and Modernistic architecture (we didn't know ... 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