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An Unwanted Donation

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May 3rd 2011
Tuesday May 3rd, 2011 Barcelona, Spain It might be part of Spain, but Barcelona has a character all its own. The people there talk their own language and call themselves Catalonians. Barcelona is a big, cosmopolitan city. The architecture is simply magnificent and you can feel the vibrancy of the place as you walk among the people. Once they were part of the Roman Empire and then they were r ... 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