Busy street in La Latina area

Walking Madrid and computer glitches

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November 4th 2015
This thing ate my blog entry. Oh, it saved it into auto save so when I pushed some wrong button and ended up reading some Spanish lawyers website, so I could still go back and rwas the vastly amusing 500 words or so I had written. You would have loved it, really. I could not, however, recover it. Aargh. To hell with it. I am frustrated. Not wishing to completely disappoint my legion of faith ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid

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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