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Barcelona y Catalonya! 2/28-3/1

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March 6th 2013
Wow! I had such a great weekend spent in Barcelona! I left on Thursday at 9am and took a bus to the Madrid airport. I then took a plane to Barcelona. I was greeted my Quetita, Luis's grandmother, who are family friends on my mother's side. She was so sweet (despite the trouble we had finding each other!) That night, Luis took me to see a talent show some of his friends were in. Since ... 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