Courtyard of the Lions

This actually once was a clock. A different lion spouted water at a certain hour. The Christians took it apart to see how it worked, and it never worked right again.

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The Alhambra and up to Barcelona

August 4th 2013
I can't believe I missed a blog. I tried, but the Granada train station is a tiny little place, and there's nothing nearby that has wifi. I asked this one guy at a bar right next to the station if they had wifi and he looked at me like I was insane. It's funny the line you sometimes cross between having everything being connected, and then, just across the way, it's like 30 years i ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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

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