Fat Tire Bike Tour

48 hours in Barcelona

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November 2nd 2014
Hello! Or, shall i say Hola... Speaking of Hola, the first language in Spain is not Spanish as I thought prior to my visit there. The first langauge is Catalan in Spain, and Barcelona is the capital of Catalunya. Catalunya is the It did seem that most people we talked to spoke Spanish as well, so I was able to use the minimal Spanish speaking I have in the back of my mind from middle and high s ... 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