I just noticed this snippet in my daily news email. Madrid is #4 and Barcelona #9 on the list of the wealthiest European cities. Combined, they still don't match the wealth of London, however:

With a gross domestic product of 158 billion ($232 billion) in 2001, London far outpaced its Western European rivals on a list of the region's biggest economies by Barclays Private Clients, a service of the international banking giant. Frankfurt led in GDP on a per-capita basis, with $68,000. The 10 European cities that generated the most wealth, and their GDP (in billions), according to Barclays:

1. London $232
2. Paris 130
3. Milan, Italy 108
4. Madrid 96
5. Rome 85
6. Berlin 72
7. Hamburg, Germany 67
8. Munich, Germany 66
9. Barcelona, Spain 63
10. Stockholm 54

Agence France-Presse/ The Guardian

-Russ

Are you a Papa yet, LiM???? Or do we need a thread titled Russ's Great Day or something

Puna! Where have you been?? THERE IS already a thread entitled " Lost in Madrid\'s BABY???

Hopefully LiM will be following up on that thread.. his wife's already past due so maybe TODAY was THE day!!?? I can't wait to hear about it.

Regarding Europe's wealthiest cities, of the two Spanish cities listed, it would APPEAR to the eye that Barcelona would have that title as the wealthiest. Afterall, it looks so... ummm.. FRENCH! ARGH!! THERE! I SAID IT!! heheehe...

LiM's wife is only 4 days overdue...But I can't wait to find out when the BIG day will be...

Russ, are they talking about induction at all?

Wyndyl