Regular ships look tiny. Barcelona

Freighter Travel – Bookings, boarding and brass tacks

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October 10th 2012
Signing up for our freighter travel was a mission! The UK freighter travel agent seemed to put obstacles in our way continuously from our first contact, seven weeks before boarding. We expected we would have to provide medical certificates, yellow fever certificates, various declarations, passports, and visas but we did not expect we would have to provide them repeatedly and after we had been told ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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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