Madrid

Madrid y Toledo

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October 22nd 2009
Hola a todos! Life in Guardo has gotten much busier since the last time I wrote and with my travels a lot has happened in the past month! This update is long overdue... So... from Sept. 30th -Oct. 5th I was in Madrid for my teaching assistant program's orientation. The orientation events were only scheduled for Thursday, October 1st, but Spain´s Ministerio de Educación paid for our 2 night st ... 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