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And So It Ends ~130km+?

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June 26th 2015
The day started interestingly enough: when we went to check out we found that our room had already been paid for. That may have been the high point of the day. It started well enough, with a number of us (not all, unfortunately - something I didn't quite understand) posing for closing photos in our tour kits before joining the commuters through downtown Girona. Somehow for this very last day of ... 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