Van Goghs starry night on the rhone

The end of Europe

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October 15th 2011
So we have finally reached our last few days in Europe… for a while there I didn’t think it would come. We have spent the past week in a tiny little village in the north of Spain called Tallo. It is actually a village of about 5 houses (and one hotel) a ten minute walk outside of a slightly bigger town of about 1000 people called Bellver. It has been wonderful. We have a balcony to sit on in ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia

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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