YUMMY JAMON

BARCELONA

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July 1st 2013
Docked in Barcelona 9.00a.m. and walked 2.5km to the centre of city - then jumped on a bus to see a lot of the sites around Barcelona, also walked 10km when we weren't on the bus. Barcelona is a beautiful city - great long boulevards with lots of trees (had my first dose of hay fever today) and also little alleys full of fantastic buildings but from the dock it just gradually goes up into the ... 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