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.
May 8th 2008Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Minorca Well since the last update, I’ve managed trips to two continents, flying across the Atlantic to Los Angeles for a week, and just recently, a long weekend in Menorca, a gorgeous island off the co ... 24 photos[full story]
May 2nd 2008Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Ibiza It will be of no great surprise to most of you reading this when I tell you ANOTHER holiday has cropped up..... before New York lol! The week before to be exact. What's a 'SMALL' trip to IBIZA going ... [full story]
April 24th 2008Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca Twenty-three is sort of a wierd age - since the age of 16, every birthday symblozies some kind of landmark in life - driver's license at 16, right to vote at 18, and we all know what 21 brings...but a ... 32 photos[full story]
April 12th 2008Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca Sorry about this, I'm just updating my travelblog a bit... and I realised that I had not written anything about Mallorca.
Mallorca as you will know, is one island of the Baleares in the Mediterranea ... [full story]
February 17th 2008Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca When my friends and I saw that Ryanair was having a special promotion - round trip flights from London to Mallorca for 1 penny (came to less than $40 with taxes and fees) - we couldn't pass it up. We ... 7 photos[full story]
November 19th 2007Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Ibiza
What a great way to say goodbye to my friends on Ibiza before embarking on my round-the-world trip!
My ibicencan and multiple-nationality friends agreed to have it out in the paintball battle- ... 4 photos[full story]
November 17th 2007Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca well hello to all,we know it has been a long time since our last entry, so what better way to battle the hangover but to sit in front of the laptop and stare at this page...After our last blog we went ... 26 photos[full story]
June 27th 2007Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca 25 June
The purpose of this trip was to relax. Sometimes when life is utterly stressful, there is nothing to do but go to the beach. Well, there’s no beach in our town, so we decided on Mal ... 16 photos[full story]
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