spain7-19-08a

Weekend Update

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July 21st 2008
Buenos Dias, In two more weeks I will be home. This trip has flown and I feel like I have learned so much about a multitude of things. But I can’t wait to get home and see everyone. This past Friday we went on a group excursion to a huge castle which was in a suburb of Madrid. It had the most amazing murals I have ever seen. There was a hallway where the entire thing from wall to ceiling was a ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Segovia

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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