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The Visits

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August 12th 2014
Since we have to be out of our hostel at around 9 to make our flight tomorrow, today was really our last hurrah in Barcelona. As such, we took advantage of an unplanned day and did everything else we wanted to do. We started by heading to Park Guell, which was a huge nature area that was supposed to be turned into a green residential development. It failed, but ended up as a huge nature park, and ... 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