Barcelona 9 – 11 Oct 2011 20111011P1000655 Hardware shop next to hotel

Barcelona 9 – 11 Oct 2011

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October 11th 2011
9 Oct Sat Narbonne, then Barcelona An early start today, 7am, as we have a train to catch at 8:20am. It was even earlier than we planned to wake as there was a very noisy person in the upstairs hotel room who walked like an elephant for about an hour before our alarm went off. We arrived at the Narbonne station with heaps of time to spare, but stayed put inside the station as it was real ... 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