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Santiago de Compostela

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February 21st 2006
The Atlantic coast in winter - with the wrong roll of the dice it could be death by precipitation... ...We'll that roll of the dice went completely against me. After a scenic route from Palermo, via Milan and Madrid, the descent into a huge hailstorm in Santiago was something of shock: The rest of the journey had been through cloudless skies, chasing a drawn out sunset across the south of ... read more

Europe » Spain » Galicia » Santiago de Compostela

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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