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.
February 2nd 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Tarifa
It was an early start for Barbara who woke to plan our next move as we had to check out by 11am and we didn’t know where we were going yet. Michael was still exhausted and slept. We wanted t ... 8 photos[full story]
January 29th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Tarifa
After six hours of travel our train arrived in Algeciras (photo), a port town on the south coast of Spain. With no map to speak of, we wandered out of the station looking for anything that either ... 32 photos[full story]
April 6th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Tarifa Tarifa is the southernmost point of the continent (the straight of Gibraltar is slightly north). Here, where the Mediterranean meats the Atlantic, the winds are fierce and constant. This cannot be ove ... 10 photos[full story]
March 16th 2008Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Tarifa In Bolonia, bent double under the hot sun, men were working hard clearing the soil of plant-life. Why, we wondered was so much effort being put into weeding, when litter was still so prevalent along ... 2 photos[full story]
March 31st 1997Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Tarifa Traveling by boat is one of my favorite ways of travel. Don’t know exactly why, but I have always found the big blue fascinating. The ferry ride between Tarifa, Spain and Tangier, Morocco is tra ... [full story]
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