Magic Fountain

Barcelona

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May 24th 2011
We arrived in Barcelona at 3pm Friday afternoon. The weather much like Madrid was really nice, about 75 degrees sunny. After getting off the eurail, our first mission was getting to our hostel. Using the map and getting directions from locals we found it with relative ease. After getting into our room we dropped our stuff and planning for the 3 days we were there got underway. Once we got a ... 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