Heading out of Barcelona Sants

Day 41 San Sebastian to BARCELONA via Tudela de Navarra

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May 28th 2018
Today represents one-third of our way through this planned journey … and … we are still together … easy as. Our train journey took us through countryside that was high, dry, and surrounded by and crisscrossed by mountain ranges. We passed through and by, many very small villages and through numerous tunnels and over numerous bridges. The land use varied from small agricultural holdings of v ... 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