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Buen Parque El Retiro

Relaxing in the boat
Real Madrid

October 5th 2006
Sunday morning we arrived to Madrid from Barcelona on the last overnight train of our trip. We liked Madrid better than Barcelona immediately as all the signage was in good ol' normal Spanish (the written anyway, we later enjoyed listening to the spoken form...lisp and all) AND the metro was attached to the train station rather than three blocks away as it was in Barcelona; however, due to some h ... read more
Europe » Spain » District of Madrid

Spanish Flag 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
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