Peacocks at the Palace!

More Sight-Seeing

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March 17th 2009
I don't remember doing anything interesting on last Monday or Tuesday, so I'll just skip ahead. Last Wednesday I went to the best show I've seen so far. It was a ballet and also included traditional Spanish dances from the South in Andalucia. It started at 8:30 pm and after two intermissions didn't end until around 11 pm but I didn't even feel the time passing because the costumes were so beaut ... 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