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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 JennaChris
April 24th 2008

Sevilla - Day 3

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Hello Everyone! Sorry for not beginning with Day One, but we just figured out how to update this website, along with trying to find time to write it. Madrid Beautful capital city that is big on spanish culture. Our hostel was centrally located near the ´Plaza Mayor´, a large open courtyard surrounded by shops and restaurants. We overheard that many city festivals are celebrated at this plaza. We also visited the cathedral, Palacio Real (Royal Palace), a 300 acre city park, which was created as a place for leisure by King Alfonso XII -where we wandered and took a row boat [View Full Entry]

By enlaur04
April 22nd 2008

break time...be back in a week!

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April 22, 2008 Just a quick note to let everyone know I will be having more blogs- a lot actually, once my life calms down! My parents arrived in Seville Sunday afternoon, so this week is filled with a lot of different visits/tours with them, and I won't be online much to upload my blogs and pictures. I also have a test, final/practical for my dance class, and a really big presentation for International Business all on Thursday. Needless to say, my life is insanely busy! No worries, there will be plenty of new blogs on Granada this past weekend and [View Full Entry]

By SarahBartlett
April 22nd 2008

4/10-13 Sevilla and Granada

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Casetas at Feria

After getting back from Vienna I was pretty sick, so I took a couple days to recover, and just relaxed at home. I had a paper for my EU Economics class with Usman, so once we got home we pretty much had to sit down and work on it for three days straight. It was a ton of work, but we actually ended up writing a really good paper on why Ireland was such a success after its entrance to the EU. We had to do a thirty minute presentation on it on Tuesday, and our professor seemed to like it, [View Full Entry]

By heidiho
April 17th 2008

feria de abril

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at the cathedral!
kaitlyn, emily and me

Hola! How is everyone? I am doing very well. At the moment I am pretty exhausted from traveling & trying to get back into the groove of “studying” but I am also very excited for this weekend in Madrid and seeing Papa! I decided to make two blogs because I have so much to say about Paris, so this one will start with the visit from two friends from Clark and Feria - the festival that celebrates the start of the bullfighting season. So Kaitlyn, my roommate at school, came to visit me with Emily -- who I knew at Clark [View Full Entry]

By bridgeterin
April 16th 2008

The mother of all fairs

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Two young girls outside of a caseta
The key was being surreptitious in taking these pictures. I don't think I could ever be a paparazzi.

So, before coming to Spain, I imagined the Feria being a bunch of Spaniards dressed in Flamenco outfits riding horses and drinking rioja. Upon stepping into Feria, I realized that it was any-town-USA County Fair, but with young Spaniards clad in Flamenco wear speckling the crowd rather than white trash wearing wife-beaters. The first night, Gubba, Mom, Auntie Gail and I rode the carnival rides, leaving us fearing for our lives. While riding the "Ratón Vacilón", Gubba nearly had a heart attack, Mom feared for the stability of Gubba, and Auntie Gail and I were in stitches laughing on the othe [View Full Entry]

By Baptist
April 16th 2008

Quick update...

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Carriages at Feria

Last weekend was a lot of fun... all week long while we were in Morocco it was "Feria" in Sevilla. Its a week long celebration to get together with your family and friends and flamenco dance and listen to music and eat and drink. We went to the Feria grounds (huge fair grounds) Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday day. Sunday was the official end of Feria so at midnight we went down by the river to watch the closing fireworks. This week of class is almost done... and then next week is our last week of classes! Wierd! The time [View Full Entry]

By amy kerman
April 16th 2008

LA FERIA DE ABRIL

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all of this traveling is finally catching up with me...i'm feeling pretty tired out and pretty out of the loop in my classes. its nice to be tired due to all the jet setting though, instead of from late-night library visits and a jam-packed schedules. its also seeming pretty strange to me to be flying all over europe and seeing all these amazing places...because it is so unlike how we all spend our money and time when in the states. but i'm checking off my list so many of the places i've wanted to see, but will definitely have many others [View Full Entry]

By egreen
April 16th 2008

Abril en Sevilla

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I arrived back home in Hutchinson, KS over a week ago and have much to catch up on, including my last few weeks in Spain, and my last two weeks of travel around Europe! FERIA The Feria of April in Sevilla is a week-long celebration, a couple weeks after Semana Santa. It was started to improve trade and agriculture, and officially" began in 1847 by Queen Isabel II. Walking through the present day feria, it has obviously shifted gears to more of a festival gathering for family and friends, and is a luminously colorful sight for the ojos. Each year a [View Full Entry]

By enlaur04
April 15th 2008

Feria de Abril

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entrance gate into Feria

April 9, 2008 It has been raining all week, and it is very windy. Even though I don’t like rain to begin with, it is a really bad time to be raining all the time since it is Feria week in Sevilla. Feria de Abril is a big celebration, or as we like to say a big party that is an excuse not to work! For the past 4 months, people have been preparing for Feria, whether that meant putting up the entrance gate or their casetas, or tents. Many people have private tents, but there are some public tents. In [View Full Entry]

casetas...the little houses/tents that people live in during Feria

By enlaur04
April 15th 2008

More Feria, despite the rain

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walking to Feria

April 10, 2008 Rain, rain, rain. That is all it seems to know how to do this week! Julie and I wanted to back to Feria to see it in the light, but it kept raining, so we didn’t know if that was going to happen. Finally late afternoon, it let up, and we decided to go check it out. About 5-10 minutes after we left, it started to rain again, then it stopped, then it started again. I wanted something warm to drink because with this rain has been wind and colder temperatures, so we stopped at Starbucks on the [View Full Entry]

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