Early Gaudi

Astorga to Tortoles de Esgueva

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April 5th 2009
After a quiet stroll and breakfast at our hotel we headed off for another day of adventure ending at a monesterio turned hotel. I'm afraid my journal of our trip and pictures are going to get redundant. I don't know if I just don't remember our previous trips to Europe or Spain has a lot more ruins of ancients times. It seems like evey hilltop has evidence of villages, castles, palaces, etc. ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Valladolid

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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