Manzanares el Real

Week 7: Hiking

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November 21st 2010
This week has been really nice. I went through the normal routine of work and tutoring for the week. School itself was uneventful but tutoring was another story. Most of my lessons went great, except for one. The two sisters that I tutor (the one’s whose parents were fighting last week) were absolutely terrible. They are sisters and so they bicker a lot, which is fine, but it was horrible o ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid

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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