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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 Tom n Harriet
September 22nd 2009

First steps outside hotel Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

Me with my new haircut... and harriet.

Shopping in the rain Well off to a good start. went to find a supermarket for the essentials; bread, beer, milk, beer, ham, beer and so on. We entered the shop when it waas very nice and dry outside... upon leaving the shop, we got totally soaked. All in all, a good first outing. More to come Love Tom and Harriet [View Full Entry]

By Tom n Harriet
September 22nd 2009

Arrival Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

And behind door number 1???

Our First Day Dear all. We are finally here, in our hotel room and in serious need of rest. It has been a very long day of travelling, plagued by small children crying for literally hours on the plane and the bus. The hotel is great, really big and grand and we are on the fifth floor, which would be great if the lifts worked... but you cant have it all i suppose. As you will see in the pictures I have added so far, the room is very comfortable adn upon drawing back some sliding doors along the side of [View Full Entry]

By KimEngland
July 28th 2009

Girls' Holiday in Mallorca, Spain Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

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After I finally was on the train I managed to calm down a bit. In the back of my mind I kept thinking about the fact that I had left everything I own here in suitcases in a strange place. However, I did get over that once I made it to Luton Airport. We had little problems getting to Mallorca. Our first evening in Palma consisted of sangria and tapas at a local plaza. Mallorca has been around for centuries. It was invaded by the Romans, and later the Arabs - it actually has Arab baths. What I found the most [View Full Entry]

By Jole
July 4th 2009

Neue Wohnung Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

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einfach ein paar neue Bilder aus meinem jetzigen Leben... neue Wohnung, neue Leute, neue Hotels.... [View Full Entry]

By Jole
June 27th 2009

Bergfest Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

Mallorca liegt bereits zur Hälfte hinter mir. Alles lief gerade mal in normalen Bahnen. Ich bin wieder gesund und habe aus den 4 Hotels endlich wieder 2 machen können. Ich war nur unterwegs anstatt Kurse geben zu können. Da wir nun zwei neue Schwimmlehrer hier in Malle haben, kann ich mich nun endlich auf die letzten 2 Hotels konzentrieren, was auch Zeit wird, da ja in Deutschland die Sommerferien angefangen haben und die Kinder in Massen her strömen. Doch von wegen normaler Alltag. Heute kam ich heim und wir haben in einem 2 Bett- Appartement nun noch eine dritte Mitbewohnerin bekommen. [View Full Entry]

By Jole
June 17th 2009

Aktuelles Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

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Buenos tardes! Was gibt es Neues von Trauminsel… Die Sonne scheint und scheint. Es ist meist um die 27 Grad im Schatten. Das strengt schon ziemlich an. Ich trinke in jeder freien Minute und schmier mir Sonnenmilch Lichtschutzfaktor 50+ auf meine zarte (ha ha) Haut. Leider hilft weder das, noch meine Komplettvermummung. Ich habe nun eine Sonnenallergie (Hitzefrieseln überall, die jucken wie blöde und alles feuert). Aber es hilft nichts, die Arbeit geht weiter. Habe nun auch noch ein 3. Hotel dazubekommen und werde dann noch schnell ein paar Fotos machen, damit ich die eventuell schon mi [View Full Entry]

By Smees Adventure
June 16th 2009

Hello sunshine & Beaches! Mallorca baby! Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

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Mallorca. We flew into Mallorca which is one of the spainish islands after going to Defqon1 festival on the weekend. We were excited for the sun and the beach and doing nothing else. It was our first stop in Spain and we were looking forward to things being a bit cheaper. For the most part we weren't disappointed. Beer was 2 euro for a six pack for really nice cervesas, food was also dirt cheap in the bigger supermarkets. Even the "rip off" restaurants along the beach were cheap compared most of Western Europe. We spent our first night in this [View Full Entry]

By Isabel og Sveske
June 6th 2009

Mallorca - heller ikke vaerst! Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

Glade drenge paa broen

Kaere venner hjemme i det koelige Danmark! Vi er kommet til Mallorca, efter at have haft tilbagelagt det meste af det oestlige Middelhav med Pia og Anders. Vi har haft to rigtig lange to-doegnsture, den foerste med modvind og soesyge (mindre sjov tur) og den anden med herlig medvind, meget faa andre skibe og en snert af uvejr. Menorca er en rigtig hyggelig oe, med Balearernes bedste smaa laguner. Og Mallorca venter paa, at vi besoeger den oestlige kyst og tager videre til Ibiza med Jacob og hans to drenge. Mikkel og Rasmus nyder boerneselskabet! Vi taenker paa jer derhjemme. Her [View Full Entry]

Disse laguner er der 100-vis af paa Menorca

By Jole
June 5th 2009

Mallorca Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

Start Leipzig 8 uhr

Liebe Grüße aus Mallorca! 1.Tag: Hier die ersten Eindrücke meiner neuen Arbeitswelt… Ich kam mit leichter Verspätung im Iberostar Vell Mari nahe Ca'n Picafort an. Das Wetter ist gut, das Essen auch…. Bla bla bla. Morgen ist Schluss mit lustig und die Arbeit beginnt. Zurzeit wohne ich noch alleine in einem kleinen Appartement, aber bekomme wohl bald Gesellschaft. Ansonsten ist das Hotel relativ übersichtlich. Auch der Pool sieht auf dem Foto im Internet viel größer aus… aber wird schon reichen. War auch schon mal in der Stadt bummeln und da kam, das erste mal Ur [View Full Entry]

By Maestro the Vagabond
May 30th 2009

Going Local in Mallorca Europe » Spain » Balearic Islands » Majorca

Inside the Machine

London I've not seen a dry day in London as yet. My justification for being here was to meet with Dr. Judith Suissa, a professor of education who has done work on Anarchist education. She was kind enough to spend more than four hours obliging my questions, giving me a tour of the "radical East End" of London and then treating me to some Bangledeshi food, which passed favourably. What's more she urged me to pursue a topic of interest in relation to democratic / free schooling that I think will be interesting, unexplored, and largely applicable to the wider realm [View Full Entry]

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