La Pedrera

La Pedrera, the Cathedral, Hospital de San Pau, and Date Night

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May 24th 2011
I know we said we were headed to Sagrada Familia next, but you quickly learn to go with the flow when traveling with a baby. When we got up, we attempted to go to the Musuem of the city, which contains an underground excavation of the Roman city, but found it to be closed on Mondays. So we walked through Barcelona's gothic cathedral, rumored to be the darkest on the continent. Pat took a pictu ... 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