La Playa

Sunny day in Barcelona

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March 7th 2011
We started off the morning headed to this breakfast cafe, Bracafe, which is apparently a chain because we saw one later on the other side town. We had an espresso and baguette.. nothing too impressive, although I had another chance to use my Spanish and it worked well. Today, according to the forecast would be our nicest weather here in Barcelona. It got up to abotu 63 degrees and was ... 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