Tower in Valencia

Paella Thanksgiving

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November 21st 2007
For the second consecutive Thanksgiving, I have found myself outside the boudaries of the United State of America. Given that I have done this before it did not seem as strange as it did the first time to be celebrating a holiday in a place where most people didn't even realize it was a holiday. So, like the Goulash I had in Budapest last Thanksgiving, I celebrated this Thanksgiving with another ... 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