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Week 31 Santiago de Compostela & Las Islas Cies

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May 11th 2011
Finally caught up on the blogs...so this is for last week… This week started off pretty bad but turned out to be amazing! I had spent the entire weekend in bed trying to recover from being sick. I had high hopes that this would make me feel better sooner. I had a trip planned for the weekend and I didn’t want to cancel it. Tuesday I headed to work and tutoring as usual. Surprisingly, the ... read more

Europe » Spain » Galicia » Santiago de Compostela

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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