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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 SusieQ3443
June 4th 2008

Vigo--Clean and Well-kept

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Puerto de Vigo

What a pleasant little city. Once again, we figured we could do this one on our own. Once again that's what we did. This time we were not disappointed. Being able to depart the ship on our own allowed us to have a little more leisurely or more active morning. This day we did not arrive in port until later. This gave Linda G and I a chance to do our morning stretch with James at 7:00 a.m. and then do a Spinning class at 8. I love spin but it was Linda's first time. She said she enjoyed it and [View Full Entry]

By PeripateticGalego
January 30th 2008

Meeting Family

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Having spent a couple of good days in Santiago, I decided to check out some relatives. I have a few sets of cousins, aunts, and uncles in the region but this family is one that my mother keeps in contact with so I decided they would be the ones lucky enough to see me. I decided to take the cheapest route, the bus. The bus company around here is called Castromil and their seats are quite comfortable. I took an hour bus ride south to Vigo, a port city of about 250,000 people. I’ll have to check it out at some [View Full Entry]

By Kiwi chicks
November 28th 2007

Vigo Goodness 07

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Tapas
Calamares (squid) & Green peppers...these were just the start!

Well, this draws an end to my two week stay in Vigo. I had a wonderful time and was treated like a princess! I got a tummy bug on the first day I was here so was in bed for a whole day which was a shame.. but it didnt take me long to get out and about again! I struggled in the first few days with so much spanish. It was very tiresome having to speak spanish all day every day after not using it for so long! after a bit i got the swing of things again and was [View Full Entry]

By Purple Monkey Dishwasher
August 21st 2007

Teaching English in Vigo!

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Manuel, Stacey and Ben
At a seafood restaurant...

Well upon reaching Vigo, we were invited to teach english at company owned by our friend from Pueblo Ingles, Manuel. Although he required someone to work for 2-3 months, we trimmed it down to 4 weeks and a bit to fit our travels. So we are coming home a bit late, 4 weeks or so to accomodate for this change. I won´t go into details about our classes, but we teach 4 staff members who work for a company called Equantia. One part of the company deals with foerign trade, they offer advice to companies who want to sell their products [View Full Entry]

By Kiwi chicks
June 15th 2005

Vigo - Great Beaches, Food and People! Part 1

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Secret hide away!

Been in Vigo a nearly a month now and are having a great time! This is the city where Debbie lived for four years with her family back in 1993. It is great for her to catch up with all her friends again! Anna-Marie is mastering the art of speacking spainsh. She can pretty much have a wee conversation which would involve a spanish person, Ams, her trusty phrase book and a dictionary! Debbie is doing a few english classes while we are here to earn a bit of extra cash. Here are the photos of everything we have been doing.... [View Full Entry]

Two very cool couchs we found while out one night

By Kiwi chicks
May 26th 2005

Contact Details

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Hi all, We are now in Spain enjoying the Sun (looking a bit pink!), beach, great food and lovely people! We will be moving around a bit but for the next few weeks here are our contact details: Cell phone: 651 489 673 (this will stay the same for the whole time we are here) Home number: 986 451 269 (ask for Deborah, as they dont speak much english!) We will keep you posted [View Full Entry]

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