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 26th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga Well, this was definitely the trip of a lifetime. It was also a huge trip and I will expand more on it later, but since it took a while to load the pictures and I just don't even know where to start ... 137 photos[full story]
June 2nd 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga Well, hello there...long time no talk, and I apologize for taking so long with this one. And this will probably
be short, because there hasn't been a whole heck of a lot going on. My classes off ... 64 photos[full story]
May 21st 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga After 2 days sailing past the North African Coast of Tunisia, Algeria & Morocco, we arrived at Malaga, Spain on the 20th of May. We had a half day tour scheduled which turned out to be terrific. Firs ... [full story]
May 1st 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga Geez, I have been slow about documenting my spring break. Just so you know, I was in Malaga in late March and early April.
Malaga was the least famous place on the list of my continental destinati ... 42 photos[full story]
May 12th 1997Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga There are beggars, and there are beggars. The reasons for begging for money are endless, and not really of interest for the people being bothered. But there are the kind of beggars that aggressively b ... [full story]
May 6th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga May 2nd, 2008 marked the 200th anniversary of when the Spanish rose up against the French occupation under Napolean (May 2nd, 1808). Therefore, every May 2nd is a national holiday in Spain - with thi ... 16 photos[full story]
May 4th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga Well, what to say about Granada...it was an adventure. First, this was a pretty last minute trip, so we didn't really have any plans, we just kind of got on the bus and went. However, before you thi ... 47 photos[full story]
April 28th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga When we got back from seeing the Rock of Gibraltar, we had a maximum of 2 hours and 45 minutes to sleep however it took us a good hour to actually fall asleep. Christine had nightmares and we both wo ... 8 photos[full story]
April 16th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga Hola!!!! Long time no talk, sorry about that. I would have done more blogs, but until this weekend there hasn't really been anything interesting going on. I have just been taking classes, writing e ... 51 photos[full story]
March 28th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Málaga Today I rode a motorcycle for the first time.
My intercambio Juanfra, the policeman, picked me up to go get lunch/tapas this afternoon with his motorcycle. He gave me his helmet to wear and I hopped ... [full story]
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