Storks - Villar de Mazarife

Leaving Leon

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April 20th 2010
Trading a Warm Hotel Room for the Camino When I woke, I found out what was the biggest disadvantage of having booked into a hotel room - it was still warm. No-one had turned the heating off, the wood fire hadn´t gone out and even if I had kicked the blankets off, there was nothing driving me to get dressed to get warm, and to get on the road. So it was a pretty reluctant start, but I d ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » 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