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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 jjlandwe
October 12th 2009

Zaragoza Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

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This past weekend I went to Zaragoza...its about 4 hours away from Madrid. I was there for 3.5 days; left school early on thursday, skipped class on friday ( I only had one ) and then came back on sunday. I went for 2 reasons; first, some friends that I met here in Madrid live there and wanted myself and two other kids to go. The friends are from Turkey! two girls, and extremely nice. Being here has made me so much more accepting of foreign people and has made me realize that it is ok to be different (I used [View Full Entry]

By Nicolai
October 12th 2009

Fiesta (Of Doom) Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

Hola! Tak for positiv respons på min blog, super dope. Gracías Fra fredag d. 9 oktober til og med fredag d. 16. bryder Zaragozas samfund sammen og alt eskalerer i et anarkistisk ragnerok OF DOOM. Folk tumler hvileløst rundt med abnormt grimme, mangefarvede hatte og prøver, alle som én, at finde hoved og hale i kaoset af halvdårlig popmusik og barer fyldt til randen. I Danmark kalder vi det weekend, her kalder folk det for: Fiesta - Of Doom. (okay, måske ikke Of Doom, men det lyder bedre!) Fiesta betyder fest hvis nogen skulle være i tvivl.. Eller ikke kan spansk. [View Full Entry]

By Nicolai
October 7th 2009

The Trip Of Unlimited Awesomeness Begins Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

OKAY! Nu prøver jeg at skrive en TravelBlog, i er velkomne til at grine når det går galt. Det er vel kun fortjent. Mega cool i gider læse den, tak for det. Orker ikke at rette for stavefejl, så i må lige bære over med mig. Ahem.. Måske er en smule historie på sin plads før jeg forsøger at beskrive min tur indtil videre: I sommeren 2009, blev jeg kontaktet af en spansk agent ved navn Miguel Et-eller-andet. Jeg har lige glemt hans efternavn, men det ændrer jo sådan set ikke på historien.. Denne mr. Et-eller-andet tilbød mig et legat i [View Full Entry]

By kifandpeter
August 16th 2009

The Plain in Spain Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

Basilica

Ola, So I finished up working at the Mission on August 14th, and I felt like a vacation was necessary. I decided that I would head to Spain for a couple of weeks. I flew into Madrid on Sunday morning, and then took the train to Zaragoza. Zaragoza is located in the north east of the country on the Ebro River and it was founded by Octavian, the adopted son of Julius Caesar. I arrived in town and checked into the hostel. The hostel was cool, especially the basement bar. The basement bar is the only surviving part from the Inquisitor’s [View Full Entry]

Hadid Bridge, one of the Expo 2008 Constructions

By IvaG
July 10th 2009

Za konec Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

Dilemma dilemma

Po fiesti sledi jutranja siesta, zato je bila ura šele pol dvanajstih, ko sva se skidali na market. Morali sva namreč pokupiti še vse, kar je Alberto rabil za - traraaaaaa - paello! Tako sva se zataknili pri štantih z morskimi sadei in zelenjavo in moram reči, da so marisca (morski sadei) pregrešno poceni v primerjavi z našimi. Nina je pokupila eno celo polenovko, ki so ji jo narezali na fileje, pa te in one školjke in papriko in ne vem kaj še vse, pa ni sprašila več kot deset evrov. Svaka čast. Mimogrede, ko smo e rav [View Full Entry]

By IvaG
July 9th 2009

Natillas de Huesca Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

Let's go!

Danes je bila torej na sporedu Huesca, mestece severovzhodno od Zaragoze na začetku Pirenejev. Do tja naju je v eni uri popeljal bus, ker sva vlak zaradi jutranjega kofetkanja v blinji pekarnici zamudili. Ni bilo take škode, ker niti vlak ne vozi dosti manj, 40 minut. Na postaji je bilo mnogo agencij, ki so oglaševale potovanja v Romunijo (v romunščini), saj je v Zaragozi oz. kar celi Španijo še pa još Romunov, bivajoč po principu s trebuhom za kruhom. Iz dokaj hladne in vetrovne Zaragoze sva torej prispeli v to sončno in toplo vas [View Full Entry]

By IvaG
July 8th 2009

Vamos a la playa! ... or maybe not Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

Valencia

Gremo na morje, gremo v Valencio! Ampak najprej se moramo prebiti skozi aragonsko puščavo. Skoraj vso 300-kilometrsko pot do tja so nas spremljale vetrnice velikanke, pa tudi najnovejša pridobitev Lopez familije: GPS napravica. No, Alberto je bil v Valencii e vsaj 30x, ampak nikoli se ne ve, kdaj lahko zalutamo. Po dobrih dveh urah in kratki kofe pavzi smo prispeli. Sparkirali smo se na jugu mestnega središča blizu elezniške postaje, potem pa šli vsak svojo pot oz. midve svojo, on svojo. e takoj na postaji sva šli v turistični biro in [View Full Entry]

By IvaG
July 7th 2009

Verano que te quiero tinto* Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

The palace

Tole špansko sonce očitno hudo vpliva na naš bioritem, ker sva z Nino spet korektno zabluzili do desetih in preden sva se skidali ven, je bila ura skorajda poldne. Šli sva z busom najprej do palače Aljaferia, mogočne srednjeveške utrdbe pod Unescovo zaščito, v kateri domuje parlament. Arhitektura in notranja ureditev je plod španskega oboevanja Arabcev, potem ko so jih e sunili ven - očitno se jim oni niso kaj prida dopadli, njihov stil gradnje pa zelo. Notranje dvorišče in sobanski ornamenti tako sila spominjajo na [View Full Entry]

By IvaG
July 6th 2009

Za začetek Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

My neighborhood

Uivancija se nadaljuje. Drugače pač ne znam(o). Dopoldne sva konkretno zabluzili, ker je bilo treba nadoknaditi malo spanja, ki smo ga ukradli noči poprej. Pred kosilom - Berti slubo konča ob dveh, potem ima dve uri frej - sva šli malo po soseski. Gre za novejše naselje, zgrajeno nekoliko bolj na obrobju mesta, v katerem prebivajo večinoma najemniki socialnih stanovanj. Tako sva se okoli ene ure sprehajali večinoma mimo mamic z vozički, in to v dokaj lahnem vetru - Zaragoza je namreč bojda znana po vetru, ki tukaj neusmiljeno piha ne glede [View Full Entry]

By Bjorndahl
June 15th 2009

Zaragoza Europe » Spain » Aragon » Zaragoza

Cool Foundtain

Just got back from my weekend in Zaragoza. It was awesome, lots to see, and a way more relaxed atmosphere than Catalonia. No street hawkers or peddlers, just some nice quite time to look at some monuments, drink some beer, eat some food and walk around. Graham and I hung out under the same bridge everyday. Also was able to inspect the 2008 Water Expo site which was a bit sad. The city definitely seems to be hit by the economic crisis but the older party of the city still seemed perfect. The Basilica of Pilar was amazing, probably only the [View Full Entry]

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