Just below the bridge

Boarding the Epic on Sunday

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July 6th 2014
My last morning in Barcelona, I headed out to the Cathedral for Mass at 9:00am, the line was already out the door. Darn! I picked up a roll and coffee and wandered La Rambla for about an hour. I would be able to board the ship at 11:00am, so headed out by taxi at 11:30am. What should have been a 15 minute ride ended up taking an hour, and the meter ran, due to a Harley-Davidson convention. They ha ... 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