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A feast for the stomach AND for the eyes

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August 26th 2007
Geo: 40.4167, -3.70327Another bad sleep. It was time to get out of Toledo, so we walked to the bus station. The next available one was a 1.5 hour non-direct bus, instead of the 1 hour direct bus. Not a bad thing as it gave us some extra time to sleep. I ate some dried mango and granola bars and Mary ate her bag of pulverized potato chips. On the metro in Madrid - some guy laughed at us a ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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