The Locals, Irun
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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]
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] Blog: The Spains - Basque Country, Galicia, and well... Spain
Date: July 11th 2006
Date: July 11th 2006
Irun - where weirdly dressed men shoot pigeons in the street...
Our arrival in Spain was about as disconcerting and unsalubrious as possible. Imagine if you will the well oiled machine that is the French rail network(hindsight is a marvellous thing), where facilities stretch as far as signs outlining the composition of carriages for each train. Imagine our increasing confidence in ... read moreComment on The Locals, Irun
We're moving to NZ - Abbie going home and Daren bumming along for the ride. No 24 hour flight for us - we're trying to keep our green credentials by going back overland - yep, Europe and Asia by ferry, train, bus but not plane! The journey kicks off on 7 June.
Our current itinerary (and this will change as we discover we can't stick to our budget) looks something like this:
Scotland, Newcastle, ferry to Amsterdam, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany...
AND then the exciting bit:
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