Celebrating the Festival of San Isidro

La Pasion de Espana

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May 18th 2013
"Barguiarena, have you heard the name before?" I asked Marcell from Barcelona as we were smoking shish-a at our hostel in Marrakech. It's a question I like to ask every Spaniard I meet, which unfortunately isn't often enough. "Ah si, suena como nombre de Basque, no?" (Ah yes, that is from the Basque region, no?) Marcell replied. This has been confirmed by at least half a dozen travelers fr ... 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