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Las Fallas Festival 2006

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March 17th 2006
Gary came and we left for Las Fallas on the eastern coast in Spain in Valencia. Walked around all over the city for various fallas. Also went to the Oceanographic center (aka the aquarium) which also resembled the Sydney OperaHouse. Anyhow, the whole festival included morethan 300 paper mache dolls/figures that stoodhundreds of feet high and constructed with other material. It took about a ye ... 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