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... over 200 easily. We played Apples to Apples after hanging out on the deck for a while. I lost the game but had a really good time playing it and meeting new people. The game reminds me a lot of Balderdash so it was fun and funny at the same time. I'm heading to bed relatively early since I have a full day of class tomorrow and for the next six days. Have a good weekend everyone! The ship is barely rocking tonight so I'm super excited about that! Miss you all!

... having a GREAT time! And what aWEIRD mix of people! There is me well I don´t need to get into about me but then there is Dave crazy Irish guy ho is so sarcastic all the time I laugh my head off all day with him then there is Helen WOW I could go on about her forever she is hilarious and CRAZY like really crazy! we can be anywhere and shes like HOLA to whoever walks by and yelling HOLA GUAPPPOOOOOO at all the handsome men ...

... still continue and always following the Spanish traditions, This Museum is one of the most tourist favourite of Barcelona. It is indeed a beautiful work of art building, very impressive piece. Millions of tourist very year loves to witness the beautiful display of Spanish art. Informations Hotel Bookings Barcelona Hotel Centro Barcelona

... motivated on the following day. He grabbed a golden shield, plunged his fingers into Guifré's wounds and wiped them across the surface of the shield. The next day, the Catalan troops went into battle under the standard and won the battle. This flag is now the Senyera, the Catalan flag.

... of street violence and church burning ensues. The week is known as the Setmana Tragica, the Tragic Week, and hints at the grassroots at the strength of feeling that would be harnessed by the far left and the Anarchists in the following decades. 1923-1930 - Miguel Primo de Rivera takes over as dictator of Spain. The Catalan language is outlawed and Catalonia suffers another period of harsh repression. 1929 - Barcelona hosts its second ...

... 1939-1975). The language is robust and flexible with a strong literary tradition, and although Catalans could be arrested for speaking it in public, the police state never managed to eradicate it from the private world of the home and family. However, even though Spain has been a democracy since 1979, many older Catalans are unable to read or write in their mother tongue as their schooling was conducted completely in Castilian. Franco ...

... the Archduke's brother died and Carles was called back to Vienna to be crowned Holy Roman Emperor. To the English and Dutch a united Austria and Spain was as unpleasant a prospect as a French-Spanish axis, so they pulled out of the alliance leaving Catalonia alone to face 200,000 Franco-Spanish troops. The Breaking of Catalonia The Catalans held out well considering the odds against them, but on 11th September 1714 Barcelona finally fell after a long siege, and Felipe V's ...

... of the Catalan language. One of the reasons for this is that both architecturally and linguistically, Catalonia received very little Moorish influence. The Moors began their conquest of the Iberian Peninsula in 711, but never really succeeded in controlling Catalonia, and the reconquest of Girona in 785 and Barcelona in 801 meant they never had time to leave their mark. This is sharp contrast to the rest of Spain where their dominance lasted centuries ...

... so everyone hides behind wood walls and come out occassionally to have him charge. The bull is soooo strong and ******, so after a bit of this the pickadors come out (two horses with men on them...the horses are completely covered, including the eyes so the horse does not freak out, with an unpenitrable material and the guy has a stick with a poke at the end about 3-4 inches long before a crossbar stops it from going any further) This photo ...

... outsider, who over the years, has made the region his home. In Simon Harris's case, "Going Native in Catalonia" draws on his 20+ years' experience as his 'short-term' stay led him to marry a Catalan woman, appear on TV as a musician, become a father and eventually become a University lecturer. Simon says, "You may already know that Barcelona is in Catalonia and that the natives 'speak different ...