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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.

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By TravelingLindsey
November 29th 2009

Una fiesta en casa Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Botellón

Well, I SHOULD be working on a presentation that I have to do tomorrow, but telling you about last night just sounds so much more appealing. I’m going to be throwing a lot of new names out here, so just go with it. I’ve hung out with some of these folks before but have never mentioned them. Shealyn (fellow American) and I attended Joseph’s (born of English parents living in Spain) birthday party yesterday at his house in Ciudad Expo, a smaller town outside of Sevilla that was built during the World’s Fair in 1992. To avoid the unnecessary task of [View Full Entry]

By TravelingLindsey
November 28th 2009

El día de Acción de Gracias- The day of the Action of Thanks Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Yummy

I think the Spanish translation of Thanksgiving is hilarious. It's just so wordy and so ridiculously descriptive. It’s not a Spanish holiday though, so I guess it’s just that no one cared enough to put anymore thought into it. Since no mythical pilgrims landed in Spain and had a life-saving meal with the natives on the third Thursday of whatever November it was, the Spanish really don't care about Thanksgiving. I know this, but I still tried to make jokes to a few Spanish friends… “So what did YOU do for Thanksgiving? Heh…” “We don’t celebra [View Full Entry]

By TravelingLindsey
November 19th 2009

¡Hola, Lola! - Mi madre española Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Lola!

“Did you have any fruit?” It’s a common question after our meals, since fruit is eaten often as a dessert. Today, however, I had already brought two clementines with me to school to snack on between classes, so I didn’t really feel like having another. “No,” I replied, then tried in vain to explain the situation, but Lola is impatient and if I can’t talk quickly, I don’t get to say anything. “¿¡NO!? Pues estas son muy buenas. Son muuuy buenas. ¡Toma, toma, toma!” She was waving one in my face, telling me that they were very good and s [View Full Entry]

By Rhia Sarah
November 10th 2009

First Post :) Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Hello everyone! I have no idea what I'm doing on this thing, but I'm sure in the hour or so before bed calls, I can have plenty of fun playing around with it! Seville. Is. Awesome. Pretty much sums up life here. Granted, not enjoying 9am starts every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (except when we have bank holidays...which over here is like every 2 weeks!), nor am I particularly fond of the really sleazy drunk spanish men. But apart from that, all is fine and dandy! The weather is still warm considering the time of year- 27 degrees (celsius!) today, but [View Full Entry]

By TravelingLindsey
October 26th 2009

Sevilla, Sevilla, Sevilla, aquí estamos contigo! Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Futbol!

Ah, what a catharsis it is to blog. There's something wonderfully calming about it, probably a lot like journaling, only slightly more narcissistic because I'm writing all about me, me, me, and expecting other people to read it. And I have to admit, I enjoy looking at the "views" of each entry to see how many people have read each one, and I also like experimenting to see what compels people to read certain ones and not others. I have noticed, for example, that my entry entitled "Say, SEX" has accumulated 68 views! It beats out the next highest by 14. [View Full Entry]

By KHALEH NAZ
October 22nd 2009

SPAIN-SEVILLE-1020 THRU 1023 Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

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Ole!!! A Flamenco guitarist, a singer, two Flamenco dancers, one man and one woman, in the middle of a enclosed courtyard of an old house in the Jewish quarters of Seville...The audience seated in the cloister area surrounding the courtyard...Firm, angry, determined, the Flamenco dancer stomped the audience into transcendence...The singer sounded like a Muadzin, his voice penetrating...The guitarist's fingers elegantly and effortlessly strobed the guitar strings...The Flamenco performance and the ambiance was magical...A great end to an eventful day... Yesterday I visited The Real Alcazar, S [View Full Entry]

By Wiggy
October 21st 2009

Tapas and Cerveza: two weeks in Spain Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

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About two weeks ago I railed out of France at 200+ KM/Hour towards the Spanish border using my second much-discounted Eurail pass. Three hours later I was in Barcelona without an expectation in the world except that I would be rusty at Spanish (learning French seems to have shoved much of the Spanish out of my head). But the good news is that foreigners struggling at Spanish is not something new for Barcelonians (note: the natives speak Catalan; also note: the natives are buried under Americans and Australians, for the most part, so Spanish is refreshing to their ears after so [View Full Entry]

By TravelingLindsey
October 19th 2009

Bad luck comes in threes Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Last week started out slow, bad luck wise. I was fiddling with my sunglasses because they were a little crooked, and I ended up snapping off the side. Whoops. I really liked those sunglasses, and they were actually the second pair of that kind that I had bought. Plus, I had avoided getting a new pair in sunny Madrid (though I had forgotten those in Sevilla) in an effort to be frugal. So much for that. This was Tuesday. **I was considering making a video blog about a "typical day," so I was talking into my camera all of Tuesday and [View Full Entry]

By Snap Shot Stacey
October 16th 2009

Seville (minus the barber) Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Real Alcazar 2

Time now to go to Seville, home of flamenco (depending on who you talk to). Gaynor and I headed straight for the famous Real Alcazar, a Christian palace primarily built for King Pedro the Cruel of Castile in the 1360's by Moorish craftsmen. This is a great place to visit after having seen the Alhambra in Granada because it has similar arabesque work but is much younger and so has much of the colourful splendour the Alhambra WOULD have had. The Salon de Embajadores was one of the best examples of the coloured tiles and painted arabesque arches and the high [View Full Entry]

Seville Museum of Popular Arts and Customs

By TravelingLindsey
October 7th 2009

Finding my way + Teaching the niños Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

Hello my name is Lindsey, and I have no sense of direction. If you know anything about me, you know that I am seriously challenged in the area of navigation. Be it some sort of disorder or just terrible observational skills, I generally have no idea where I am in relation to where I'm going. I can picture both places perfectly in my head, but how they are connected is oh-so-blurry. I've been known to get lost driving around the block, and it's very common for me to successfully arrive in a location, and then not be able to find my [View Full Entry]

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