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.
May 11th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville We survived the night in our hotel. No one came by to bug us. We did hear some ruckus in the night, but not nearly as bad as earlier in the evening. We got up around 11:00am Spain time (9:00 am Mor ... 4 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville Saturday the 26th of April arrived and brought with it my journey south. After a 25 minute metro trip I had returned to Valencia airport. The land of bountiful vitamin C was soon to be but a memory, a ... 10 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville Hola amigos!
Today we are in lovely Sevilla. We were sad to leave friendly Portugal (Tavira) yesterday but had a quick and efficient (a.k.a. stress-free/no yelling or getting too lost) car trip. ... [full story]
August 30th 2007Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville Barcelona
What a nightmare trying to get to Barcelona! Just a warning to fellow travellers: try not to fly Iberia, anywhere, anytime if you can avoid it. As it turns out, when I rocked up to fly to B ... 27 photos[full story]
May 12th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville May 4, 2008
I went to my last mass at the Cathedral this morning. It was really pretty because the paso we saw yesterday was at the Silver Altar of the Cathedral, and that is where they celebrated ... 19 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville May 3, 2008
Julie and I have wanted to go to a Sevilla Futbol Club game, a soccer game, so this morning we made the hour walk over to the stadium to get tickets. We’re pretty sure we have nos ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville April 29, 2008
Today was free ice cream day at Ben & Jerry’s. I had yet to check it out, but I couldn’t pass up free ice cream! I had a cup of Cherry Garcia, and it was amazing! They we ... [full story]
May 5th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville April 27, 2008
I was so tired from the past week that I slept in til 11:30 this morning. It was amazing because I have never been able to sleep that late here! When I got up I messed around with pi ... 25 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville so this is the last blog from spain. ridiculous. it seems like an hour ago i was filling out applications just to come here. i finished my last test about 20 minutes ago and in like 7 hours i leave se ... [full story]
May 1st 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville Look, I know what you've been thinking the last few weeks. It's been pretty obvious to us too, but we just haven't gotten around to it yet. But still, there you are, sitting at home thinking over an ... 67 photos[full story]
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