Gothic Quarter, Barcelona

Spain Bucket List--Barcelona in 2 Days

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September 23rd 2016
After a long time, I’ve finally been reunited with my laptop. I survived, but it’s nice to be able to type on a keyboard again! After multiple tearful goodbyes in Ourense at the end of May, I took an overnight train to Barcelona. That’s basically traveling across Northern Spain in about 13 hours. It was pretty comfortable in the ‘Gran Butaca’ seats and a cheap way (38 euros) to get to Ba ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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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