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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 ErrBear
October 9th 2008

its thursday again

Europe » Spain » Andalusia

Its Thursday again. So last night after siesta I went with Rachel to the birthday party for one of our teachers, Ana, who turned 24. Of course we were the first people there (being americans we were 5 minutes early) and she has a very beautiful apartment with a lot of windows and a gorgeous view. She showed us her place and then we got some juice and waited for others to arrive. Once the rest of the guest has arrived, there were 14 in total including the principal, vice principal (who are married!) and the secretary… we had some snacks [View Full Entry]

By Erin and Jason
October 8th 2008

More of the Spain

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Granada

After our siesta in Barcelona, we had a pleasant visit with Gilad--Asaf's brother, whose house we stayed in while he was back in the States. Anyway, Gilad showed us his Barcelona by taking us for hot chocolate (it's more like a hot thick pudding that you eat with a spoon), to his favorite local restaurants, and showing us around his neighborhod, Gracia. It was a short, but sweet, visit. Then we had a 4 hour bus ride from Barcelona to Valencia. I (Erin) have been hearing about Valencia since I was a child from my mom's best friend, Nani, who was [View Full Entry]

By ErrBear
October 8th 2008

Its a LONG ONE!!

Europe » Spain » Andalusia

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Ok… so here is what has been happening in my life for the past few days: Monday morning we got up at like 7:30 and made sure everything was packed up. I showered and got ready for my first day at school = ] After breakfast Vincente (our landlord & he works at Cecilia’s school) came and picked us up and got some of the luggage. He took us to their school and since Rachel and I didn’t have to be at school for another hour and a half, we just walked around. Nothing here really opens until 9 or 10 [View Full Entry]

By Joelito
October 6th 2008

El Principio

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Salobreña

Bueno, lo que me ha pasado esta semana ha sido muy loco. Tanto ha tenido lugar a mí que voy a tratar de explicar todo de una manera breve. A ver, pues, para empezar, llegué en el aeropuerto de Madrid, Barajas, a las 11 y pico de la mañana. Todo estaba bien, tenía que llevarme mis maletas y yo mismo a la estación de autobuses del sur, llamada Méndez Álvaro. Tomé el metro sin problema. Había escaleras mecánicas para ayudarme en cada parada y cambio de líneas de metro. Finalmente después de una hora llegué a la estación. Tuve que [View Full Entry]

By Lcollins
October 6th 2008

We may stay here!

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Sierra Nevada

We have been without internet access for several days, but those days have been full. We left the Coimbra area of central Portugal on Tuesday and drove south to the very tip of Portugal. Sagres was once believed to be the end of the world. This is where Henry the Navigator set up a school in the 15th century, where Magellan and Columbus both studied. Our drive south took us through varying terrains and climates. We drove out of the more lush hills and river valleys into country that was like the plains of the United States with farm crops and [View Full Entry]

By Joelito
October 6th 2008

The Beginning

Europe » Spain » Andalusia

Joel
On the terrace with my first load of laundry drying

Well, what happened to me this week has been very crazy. So much occurred to me that I am going to try to explain everything briefly. Let's see, well, for a start, I arrived at Madrid airport, Barajas, at 11ish in the morning. Everything was fine, I had to take my bags and myself to the bus station in the south, called Alvaro Mendez. I took the subway without a problem. There were escalators to help me at every stop and transition of subway lines. Finally after an hour I arrived at the station. I had to ask questions like, "Where [View Full Entry]

By Roxi Girl
October 5th 2008

Doing Well... Hell, I'm in Spain!

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Granada

Yes, it says "Roxy Sexy"
But they cant say Roxi... so I'm Rosy!!!

Well, hello there all! I'm in my 4th day in Granada and I'm doing pretty well... It's getting a little bit easier to be away from everything that I know and am familiar with, it's just taking some time. I really like the class that I'm taking... There are 2 teachers, 4 hours a day... Just us learning the Spanish Language... I'm happy. One of my teachers is really fun. Her name is Africa and she is just so much fun! She talks really loud and uses her hands a lot and loves to laugh and make fun of people... Sound [View Full Entry]

By kaetlin
October 5th 2008

chill weekends

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

yay starbucks

Happy day... On Friday, to start the weekend, I had to go to the Immigration office to get my Visa extended. Well, I had to get up at 4am for that. So when I was done at 9:30, Antonette and I met for Churros at a stand on the river. I got mine with hot chocolate because I had already had coffee that morning when I was waiting in line for 4 hours. Then we went on a group trip to the archeology museum. It was really fun, but by the end I was so tired. I slept for a good [View Full Entry]

By ErrBear
October 5th 2008

Lazy Sunday

Europe » Spain » Andalusia

So today was a really lazy day... which i greatly needed. We woke up for breakfast at 10 and ate. I went back to bed for a little bit because last night there was a wedding and they were partying till like 2 am! so after i woke up we changed and decided to go on a hike. since our hotel is out in the country... we figured there might be some trails. well apparently people are really big on "private property" so the hotel said there were some trails in the next pueblo. we started trekking and passed through two [View Full Entry]

By ErrBear
October 4th 2008

Saturday in Priego

Europe » Spain » Andalusia

Well today was another exhausting day. We woke up at 10 for breakfast... which was a major disappointment considering this beautiful 4 star hotel we are in... but whatever. I fell back asleep for about 40 minutes then showered and the taxi picked us up and took us back into the city. We had 4 hours till we had to meet another man to see his apartment for rent. so we walked alllllll over the city ( i mean every square inch) we visited the Fuente del Rey (fountain of the king) and saw a 6th century castle and then went [View Full Entry]

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