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Carrion ....The Wind............ The Meseta...

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July 15th 2012
With a sense of urgency and relief we left the Catholic school/Nunnery/Albergue (which i wrote previously was Monasterio de Santa Clara.... but on re reading my notebook it was Espiritu Santo) .... we headed off again into a very windy day - I was actually looking forward to walking on the Meseta which is a plain about 900 m above sea level that goes for 4-6 days of the Way... I was looking forwar ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & 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