Chris and I at Feria

4/10-13 Sevilla and Granada

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April 22nd 2008
After getting back from Vienna I was pretty sick, so I took a couple days to recover, and just relaxed at home. I had a paper for my EU Economics class with Usman, so once we got home we pretty much had to sit down and work on it for three days straight. It was a ton of work, but we actually ended up writing a really good paper on why Ireland was such a success after its entrance to the EU. We ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

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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