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 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]
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