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A day in Girona

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August 21st 2014
We left Barcelona this morning and headed north to the lovely medieval town of Girona. Walking around the old walls - the Passeig Archeologic - was delightful. It's not a complete circuit like the walls of Jerusalem but instead weaves through gardens of cypruses, olive trees and flowering shrubs, up towers and into tiny corners and plazas, all accompanied by the bells of multiple churches at regul ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

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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