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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 Dannie H
January 24th 2007

Bon Nadal! Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

Christmas Crios

I know, I know. It’s been almost 4 months since I’ve written anything in this travel blog. But honestly, in order to have any material to wrtie in a travel blog, I really should be doing some travelling. It’s gonna seem crazy, but right now I’ve been doing less travelling than I do when I’m living in the US. I’ve been unbelievably busy working at the school where I work. In addition, I have a job at a language academy, private classes, as well as personal Spanish classes for myself. All in all, I’m probably working somewhere around 40 hours a [View Full Entry]

By lella
November 5th 2006

Erasmus Excursion....crazy beauty! Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

just your average motorway services!!

Another weekend, another Spanish paradise. It is now Sunday the 5th November...I cannot believe how long I have been living in Sunny Spain. Autumn has however, skipped Spain and we now seem to be slap bang in the midst of Winter. I spent the weekend in Girona, another beautiful city of Catalonia, visited the Dali Museam in Figueres and the pretty town of Cadaques, where Dali had inspiration for a lot of his masterpieces. I found myself whilst enjoying the guided tour of Dali Museam, thinking about, how peculiar it is that some people who show signs of being different, we [View Full Entry]

By Maurice y Siobhan
October 6th 2006

Tossa de Mar, the Wedding, goodbyes & get ready for lift off. Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

Enough said

Well, I´m sure everyone enjoys their own wedding and we were no exception! We had a fantastic wedding day/week, it really was superb, I think most people enjoyed themselves - Ruth, one of the guests summed everything up perfectly: the venue, the beach, the town, the hen night, the stag night, Bar Josep, San Miguel, the Craic, the sunshine, the church, the suits, the guests, the outfits, the dress, the veil, the bride, the bridesmaids, the music, 'Supergreg', the Corrs sisters, the vows, the readings, the tapas, the cocktails, the decorations, the candles, the table names, the Gypsy [View Full Entry]

By Maurice y Siobhan
September 27th 2006

Get me to the church on time Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

Maurice & Dill arriving in Cherbourg well rested & showered.

Well here goes......... Siobhan & I finished up at work on Friday 15/09 & spent the following week packing up the house & making the final arrangements for the wedding & trip. It was a busy week for us & we weren´t helped by a storm on the Thursday night that took 14 tiles off the roof of the house of which most landed on our driveway. Luckily, we had just moved the car out onto the road, someone was looking down on us :-) We had other problems with the camper van & only collected her (now christened the "Big [View Full Entry]

Slight detour, Maurice & the Big Rig in Mont St Michel

By Sly
September 17th 2006

Une autre belle journée Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

Un jeu de quilles incomparable

Eh oui voici maintenant la suite de notre périple! Aujourd'hui nous avons décidé de faire un peu de plage. Après notre dîner nous sommes allées nous promener dans les petites ruelles de Blanes. Elles sont toutes aussi étroite les unes comme les autres et les maisons sont typiquement méditerranéenne(désolé pour l'orthographe)(blanche avec beaucoup de belles céramiques de toutes les couleurs) avec parfois un beau petit jardin caché. En tant que Canadienne je trouve dommage qu'ils ferment les commerces, restaurants et tout le tralala pour le dodo mais dans un autre sens ça serait bien le fu [View Full Entry]

Le fameux trou des photos de la ville de Blanes

By Sly
September 14th 2006

Tossa de Mar Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

Les ruels de la Vieille Ville

Rebonjour Aujourd hui c est la ville de Tossa de Mar qui nous appelle, nous sommes aller voir la Vieille vil comme ils disent là-bas. Le Petit chateau proche du 13 siecle qui surplombe la Mediterranée est très joli avec ses belles petites lagunes et ses avec ses tours et murailles tres grandes. Les Espagnoles sont tres speciales dans leur conduites automobile en passant ils peuvent nous dépasser dans des courbes a 60km ou encore, les mobilettes sont toujours entrain de nous couper dans les rues et attention au lambineux on se fait claxonner le moindrement. C est un peu l'enfer. [View Full Entry]

By Simply B
September 6th 2006

"Caught my first tube this morning." Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

The Farewell @ Pearson in Toronto

Can anybody tell me where that quote is from? First... I NEED SLEEP!!! HA HA... but after that shower... I feel like a new man again... so i am okay for now. My life weighs 37lbs plus carry on. ha ha... OK, I left Toronto yesterday (the 5th) at 8:20pm, had the interesting experience of eating supper and then eating breakfast only 2-3 hours later, due to the time difference, and did not bother to sleep any. Landed in London at Heathrow airport on time, then waited in the immigration line for close to 2 hours. After surviving that and getting [View Full Entry]

By karine
July 26th 2006

Girona Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

By the riu

Girona is a beautiful medieval town, with buildings on each side of the Riu (River) Onyar which runs through the centre of the town. It´s a strange feeling that overwhelms you when you´re in the midst of huge ancient buildings with so much history. A realisation that they hold much more about the world than you´ll ever know, and by stepping into them you´re now a tiny part of its history too. Managed to catch an Andy Warhol exhibition here which was a plus! That's another reason I love this country - you never know what you'll find. [View Full Entry]

By Agents of Boon
May 27th 2006

Bending time Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

As a virgin to Spanish soil, I had anticipated this moment for many a long hour. What would Spain look like, taste like, smell like? People from all over had crowded my vision with their own anecdotes and feelings, and the pre fabricated images of a lazy siesta-ing country were at the forefront of my remarkabley un-vivid imagination. I was feeling a bit lost about the whole thing. And then I arrived in Girona. The absolute image of what I imagined a Spanish town to be, without me even quite knowing what I was expecting. Archetypal ancient ruins, classic cornices and [View Full Entry]

By lukestanley
October 6th 2005

My Girona Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Girona

My Girona

There was this building that I had been chasing and even had Mick on the case in Melbourne looking for it´s location. I swear it was in Girona in Spain. So the plan became that my first two nights in Spain would be in Girona and surely my super memory wouldn´t let me down. I arrived to find a lovely town with multi coloured casa´s stacked along the river that pushes through its centre past Roman bath house ruins and a Cathedral. I headed into the Tourist office and in pidgeon spanish supplimented by sign language described the timber ´cocoon´like pavilion [View Full Entry]

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