The water fountain

Cordoba and Cadiz

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September 26th 2005
Things here are all good. I went on a day trip to Cordoba this Friday, which was nice. Not too eventful, but it was really pretty. We went on a tour of a really old mosque and a synagogue (i have no idea how to spell...I know). And we went to a pretty nice lunch at this really cute place. On Saturday a few of us went back to Cadiz, a nearby beach city and just spent the whole day doing nothi ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Córdoba

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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