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The View from the Alhambra  
   

The View from the Alhambra

The Rain in Spain . . .

April 4th 2007
Oh Granada . . . Of the four Spanish cities we visited, this is the one I had been looking forward to the most. I had only heard wonderful things about Granada - home to the Alhambra, one of Europe's most visited sites. However, this is also the city that seemed to pass by in haze. After getting a mediocre night's sleep on our bus from Valencia (I was amazed to actually nab a broken 4 or 5 hou ... read more
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Spanish Flag 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 ... ... read more
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