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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 canaris
December 5th 2007

Loro Parque - Part 2

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Loro Parque

Loro Parque with its various beings... [View Full Entry]

By canaris
December 5th 2007

Loro Parque - Shows

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Loro Parque

Don't miss the shows in Loro Parque! [View Full Entry]

By canaris
December 5th 2007

Spain - La Gomera, 21 October 2007

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Los Cristianos port
The sun is rising... good morning!

A one day trip by ferry to La Gomera which, by the way, I didn't know that in Arabic meant 'small firebrand' (according to Wikipedia Encyclopedia). We took the ferry from Los Cristianos in one October early morning. A small island with narrow streets, nice painted houses, friendly people, calm life... Pitty we hadn't time to explore the whole island. Maybe next time... [View Full Entry]

By canaris
December 5th 2007

El Teide National Park - At Dawn

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El Teide National Park

In the National Park of El Teide.... Each hour it looks so different! You lose track of time and wonder if you are still on Earth or ....maybe on Mars? [View Full Entry]

By canaris
December 4th 2007

Dreamy Holiday in Canarian Islands (10-27 October 2007) - Part 2 - Tenerife

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Taganana Beach

I’m pretty sure that everything interesting about this island was already told as Tenerife is the best known and the most visited from the Canarian islands. On the other hand I am convinced that no matter how good narrator you are, words are not enough to describe the beauty and greatness of this island. I myself had read a lot about it, had seen lots and lots of pictures and felt prepared to meet Tenerife. Well, believe me, I was not! From the first day until the last one I lived in a continuous state of bewilderment, I was like a [View Full Entry]

By Weggs
December 3rd 2007

A holiday from a holiday

Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Lanzarote

On the boardwalk at Play Blanca

Lanzarote Sunday 25th November After spending the morning tidying and ensuring our bag was packed we were ready when Colin picked us up at 11.30am. We had no problems checking in at Stansted and security was well organised and efficient. We killed a little time in the duty free before making our way to the lounge at the gate where we read the novels we had brought until it was time to board. A very bumpy landing ended our flight into a windy, rainy Lanzarote. On the way to the luggage Judy bumped into an old friend Ros Keep who had [View Full Entry]

By canaris
December 3rd 2007

Dreamy holiday in Canarian Islands (10-27 October 2007) - Part 1 - Gran Canaria

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Sun rising in Maspalomas

A month already passed since we came back from Canary islands but I'm still dreaming of those amazing days spent there. We chosed to travel by ourselves, all reservations were done via internet, nothing organized by any tourism company. We studied a lot the travel Forums, made quite a serious research and we also found very useful the images on Google Earth so we knew exactly what we wanted to see, how to get to a specific place, how the roads looked. We left for Madrid by plane on the 10th of October early in the morning and arrived there by [View Full Entry]

By Steffers
December 2nd 2007

its been too long!!!!

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hey everyone! Wow its been so long I am SO SORRY! THings have been really busy for me the past couple weeks on here...so I apoligize for not writing sooner! So since my last blog lots has happened. We are still in the Med, but are 9 days away from being in Boston and ready to start our New york route....which I am quite excited about. It will be nice to get back to US dollars and people that speak English. Dont get me wrong I love Europe but Im over the Euros and I hate paying 10 bucks to eat [View Full Entry]

By SingGandS
November 27th 2007

A Relaxing Week in Tenerife and a Rushed Visit to New York City

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The 3 of us on a tour
Those are "Los Gigantes" in the background - some of the tallest cliffs in the world.

Shelley, Jonalyn, and I (Gary) are in London until 1 January 2008. We’re having a great time and would like to share some of our adventures with you. Thanks for visiting our blog. A Relaxing Week in Tenerife The school system in the UK consists of “terms.” There are 3 of them: Fall, Winter, and Spring. (This is different from “semesters” of which there are only 2. I don’t know why this difference in terminology exists.) The “terms” are about 15 weeks long. In the USA many people are familiar with “Spring Break.” It&rsq [View Full Entry]

By adfdso
October 9th 2007

Canary Islands Pics

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Market
Delicious ham at the market. Soooo good.

Here are some photos from the trip to Las Palmas. I didn't take that many pictures. Of course I was enthralled with the food market and the beach. I'll be there again in December so I plan to have to camera out as much as possible. [View Full Entry]

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