Valley Vista

Barcelona

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July 4th 2013
Geo: 41.3879, 2.16992 We left Vielha this morning headed for Barcelona. We drove through the Vielha Tunnel, some 5.5 kilometres in length and at one time, the world's longest and most dangerous road tunnel. As soon as we crossed underneath the Pyrenees Mountains, the landscape became drier.It took around four and a half hours to drive south east to Barcelona, arriving in the centre of the ... 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