Background: 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 economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating civil war (1936-39). In the second half of the 20th century, Spain has played a catch-up role in the western international community; it joined the EU in 1986. Continuing challenges include Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) terrorism and further reductions in unemployment.
June 2nd 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz Our visit to Cadiz was a most pleasant surprise. It turned out to be a most charming & captivating port of call. We did not book a tour but we could have gone to Seville and tne Andulwe bought tickets ... 19 photos[full story]
May 22nd 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz Was surprised to learn that Cadiz, Spain is the oldest continuously occupied city in Western Europe. The Phoenician merchants set up shop here in 1100 B.C. We had a five hour excursion planned that ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz May 1, 2008
Today was Día de Los Trabajadores, Labor Day in Spain. So naturally, no one works and no one has school. We decided to relax at the beach in Cadiz for the day. Katie, Mary Ellen, Julie, ... 8 photos[full story]
April 27th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz Today the ship is in Cadiz, Spain. We got up and got ready to go with Christina and Dom(inique) to explore the city. We walked around trying to find the Catedral Nueva. We found it, and there was a c ... [full story]
March 17th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz Hola aus Cadiz! ('ich' im Text = Kathi)
Wir sind gerade in Cadiz in meiner alten Sprachschule und tun kurz Internet schauen ;) Uns geht es soweit gut, leider bin ich (wieder einmal....) nicht ganz ... [full story]
February 10th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz This past Saturday I managed to travel to Cadiz for Carnaval. The first group I was supposed to go with had bus troubles so that trip was cancelled. It ended up working out okay because there are so m ... 14 photos[full story]
January 28th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz So yeah, it was great. I got some pictures but my camera actually broke so these may be the last for a while. The train took like an hour 45 but it was good. there were like 25 people all together whi ... [full story]
January 27th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Cádiz Yesturday morning, a group of about 25 from our program hopped on a train to Cádiz at 11am. The bus ride was about an hour and a 1/2 and when we got there we went straight to our hostel to check in. H ... [full story]
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