Wine Museum or Castle?

First Class to Penafiel and Burgos

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July 7th 2007
Jason and Kirstyn took care of the driving today and we played cards in the back.. it’s a hard life. Our first stop was Penafiel, in the heart of the Ribera Del Duero wine region. We parked the van and had a luxurious picnic in a local park before visiting the wine museum located inside an old hilltop castle which is oddly shaped like a large ship. Everything was in Spanish with no English gu ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Burgos

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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