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.
April 18th 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife Really did enjoy many trips to Tenerife, a bit like Blackpool in the Sun in places.
But there really are some great spot's
Los Cristianos
Adeje
Medano
Will go back again deffinitely :) ... [full story]
April 11th 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife
At this moment I am in Portugal, but in a few weeks I am going to change my city, during some days to Tenerife. Tenerife is a Spanish island in the Atlantic Ocean.
I am going there to spend some ... [full story]
April 3rd 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Gran Canaria Heyyy everybody -
Sorry it's taken me so long to post up all of these pics - it only lets you do 50 at a time (which takes a while), and then I wanted to add captions for pretty much all of them. ... 45 photos[full story]
March 3rd 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Gran Canaria The weekend was too relaxing. We left Wednesday night and didn´t get back until Sunday night. (no school on Wednesday for Andalucia Day) The first full day was just hanging out on the beach. The tempe ... 1 photos[full story]
March 3rd 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Gran Canaria Helloooo! Sooo I´m going to have to make this a semi-quick entry since I have to leave to get home for lunch in about 10 mins (p.s. I´m starvinggg)....
So, Canary Islands was a blast! We had a fligh ... [full story]
February 6th 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife So, the hotel is just perfect! Last nights inclusive dinner was a bit iffy but still filled me up.. regardless of all the strange stares... noone comes alone to this place.. its all 65+ or 19yr olds ... [full story]
February 5th 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife HELLO ALL YOU CHILLY PEOPLE!! I am now in the canary islands off the coast of africa and loving it.. i just go tto my hotel which is like a studio apt and its amazing!! Its all inclusive too and soo ... [full story]
January 5th 2008Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife Well HELLO Everybody!
Happy New Year!!! We got to Tenerife last night safe and sound. I had the chance to add some photos onto the site but I accidentally posted them to the last blog entry. Whoops.. ... [full story]
December 22nd 2007Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife Saturday 22nd 1145 am UK 1045 am Ship.
Made our first stop yesterday after three full days at sea. We stopped just for the morning in Tenerife. The weather has begun to get better, 17 degrees wh ... [full story]
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