Cruce at Porta do Camino

Santiago de Compostela

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May 2nd 2010
Fin Today started walking through eucalypts, feeling a bit homesick. They are grown as a plantation timber around Arca. The tall, straight trunks and the leaves and bark on the path made if feel very much like walking in bushland around Canberra. There are plantings of different species almost all the way into Santiago itself along the Camino. It was hard to decide whether to push, ... 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