Tapas and wine in a finger bowl

November 21st 2014
Dark, narrow and unsafe. This is my first impression of Barcelona. Makes sense when I mention that we arrived after dark and spent a long time on the 'darkest lit train platform' that Glyn (my husband and trusty travel companion) has ever waited on and smoking is allowed. It was a warm evening and no coats were needed - after visiting Portugal at around the same time last year, I was expecting to ... 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

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Claire Wade

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I started these blogs as a record for myself- something to read and comfort me when I'm old, cold and broke, wondering where all my money went... With time, my blogs have developed as it turned out other people were reading them! This has inspired me to improve my writing (well I try) and add more photos. I hope you enjoy reading my blogs and please do leave comments. The photos in the blog are taken on my phone, but when I return home, I always have lots of images from my DSLR, that I upload to Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/wadeyc ... full info

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