Greeting at Tenerife

First Stop Off

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December 22nd 2007
Saturday 22nd 1145 am UK 1045 am Ship. Made our first stop yesterday after three full days at sea. We stopped just for the morning in Tenerife. The weather has begun to get better, 17 degrees when we arrived and it rose to the low twenties in the afternoon. We were greeted by a group of singers and dancers, but no brass band as there was in Southampton. I done the wrong thing in the aft ... read more

Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Tenerife

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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