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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 KiwiAngela
April 18th 2007

30 isnÂ´t so bad after all

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Mataró

web frisbee

IÂ´ve been bad. Out of touch. Working alot, the usual excuses. I work 7 days a week and dont have alot of time online anymore, any time i do have is spent feeding my Â´WiiÂ´ habit and getting a few hours sleep (I just canÂ´t resist another 9 holes!) So as most of you know already, despite much resistance on my part, the big 30 eventually rolled around and i Â´celebratedÂ´ with a big kid picnic on the beach next to our place in mataro. After a shocking week of rain, the sun surfaced long enough for us to make [View Full Entry]

By KiwiAngela
September 22nd 2006

Champagne, Cake and Clubbing

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Mataró

The Cake
One cup of Espresso in there just can't be wrong!

It was Birthday time for Becks so I got busy in the kitchen and baked a chocolate cake which had one cup of coffee listed in the ingredients. Oh yeah, now we're talking. I used straight espresso of course and literally topped it all off with melted white chocolate and LOLLIES! She's damn lucky I didn't gobble it all up there and then... Come 10 o'clock we all met down at the train station on the coast and made our way to the beach, a storm was threatening but a bit of water wasn't gonna set us back. Becks arrived shortly [View Full Entry]

By KiwiAngela
August 9th 2006

Keep your eye on the Jelly - Life in Mataró

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Mataró

Sushi and PhotoFace
The first supper

¡Hola Chicos! It´s been just over 2 months since I arrived here in Spain and with so much happening in such a short time that I feel like I´ve been here forever. Last time I wrote was Nicks farewell. I was here for just a few days and wasn´t exactly feeling ´in the zone´. I thought I´d made the wrong decision moving to Barcelona BUT then along came Mataró. 35mins north of BCN by train, population 100,000, I stepped off the train, looked out to the Mediteranean Sea and said ´honey I´m home!´ I´ll skip the bits in between for now [View Full Entry]

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