Filling up cars with electricity in Paris

Better all the time

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September 7th 2012
Not actually Burgos yet but close! I have not long ago arrived in a lovely little town called Redacilla in the area of Castille Y Leon. It was a big day today leaving from Canas where I visited the 12th century Cistercienne Abbey and later went to the twin monasteries of Suso Y Yuso which date from the 6th century. In the monastery at Yuso there were bones of ancients. In the one at Suso , Span ... 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