The busy Port Olimpic

Out by the pool in Barcelona at the Hotel Arts - September 7, 2004

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March 7th 2007
Well, I certainly can't complain, as I lay here on a cushioned beach chair by the hotel pool. Barcelona is beautiful! We landed this morning, and I watched the landscape creep up, straining my already sore neck to look out the tiny plane window. I was surprised to see the difference in the terrain to the US - the clusters of houses and buildings that dotted the hills and mountains set a stark ... 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