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Spain 43 - San Lorenzo El Escorial/The pudidero /a monastery, a basilica, a chapel and a palace

September 22nd 2016
Today we had to traverse Madrid again using its network of ring roads. M25/M1 and M6 all rolled into one. To make it worse it was rush hour and the morning traffic was awful. Nose to nose all along the route. The Spanish are impatient drivers weaving in and out of the traffic at impossible angles and doing excessive speed. The route is stop . start as other roads join us or our road leaves the mot ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » El Escorial

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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