Parque en el río

There's an area of Valencia known as el río or "the river." As far as I can tell it used to be the sight of a river that dried up ages ago. Now it's been turned into a huge park with scenic gardens, bike paths, ponds, and the coolest playground I've ever seen in my life. I'll go back there soon and take pictures of just it.

Bombs?

January 26th 2008
So I was trying to go to sleep last night and kept hearing these incredibly loud explosions. I figured it must be construction or something, but as I was laying in bed the horrible explosion noises just got more frequent and intense. The sound kept reverberating off all of the buildings, so you could even feel the loud bangs. Bombs? I kept picturing my street getting blown apart. If freaked m ... read more

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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

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