A brief moment when it wasn't raining!

At least the food was good!

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September 28th 2008
We have just visited Carmona. It was the last stop on our holiday and it wasn't quite the relaxed last day we had planned! We left lovely Cordoba just before mid day and drove to Carmona which is a little over an hour away. We thought we would spend a night here as it is a lot closer to Seville airport, where we had a flight home from. We made it to the outskirts of town without any issues. The ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Carmona

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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