Preparen las cámaras de foto y, sobre todo, preparen sus… mirada. Llegamos, además, en el mejor momento, al atardecer, con el sol tiñendo de ocre esa enorme dentadura de edificios solemnes y bellos como un réquiem. Justo ahora se estarán prendiendo las candilejas de los teatros, ...Show more
E06 - Tribunal
En esta sexta parada llegamos al barrio de Malasaña, antes llamado Maravillas. Tribunal se llama así porque aquí mismo está el Tribunal de Cuentas del Reino, entre las calles La Palma y San Vicente Ferrer. Puedes recorrer cualquier de ellas y llegar, por ejemplo, a la Plaza del 2 ...Show more
The Trans-Siberian railway is the longest train line in the world, spanning 5700 miles, seven time zones, and straddling two continents. Though today’s passengers on the week-long journey can enjoy relative luxury, the route has a dark past. Who were the labourers who built it, e ...Show more
The first Eurostar train left London's Waterloo station heading for the Gare du Nord in Paris in November 1994. It was the first commercial passenger train to travel through the Channel Tunnel which had only been finished a few months earlier. Robert Priston was one of the driver ...Show more
Every major city in the world has its own unique story. Some cities have an ancient history, and others have a more recent founding. Madrid, the capital city of Spain, has a history that is unlike any other. It went from nothing to being the capital of the world’s largest empire ...Show more