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April 18th 2007
Greetings from Salamanca, a fabulous university town about two hours from Madrid. We drove here yesterday from Protugal; we were all glad to get back to a place where we understand the language. Portuguese is hard. We stayed last night in a pension on the Plaza Mayor, a great old open plaza about 200 yards across each way. The highlight of the morning for me was a short run around town, follow ... 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