scenes of Guardo2

update on life in Guardo so far

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September 15th 2009
Dear family and friends, I've now been in Guardo, Spain for about a week and a half and it's definitely time for an update! After a marathon of a journey from Washington to London to Madrid and then on to Palencia and Guardo via train and bus I arrived in Guardo on Friday morning, September 4th. I stayed in a hotel on the edge of town for 4 nights while I searched for an apartment. This was p ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León

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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