Seville

Old Friends and Chocolate con Churros

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April 12th 2007
4/12/07 Fes-->Tangier-->Algeciras-->Seville In order to make it to Seville today we had to catch the 1:50am train from Fes. When we finally got to Tangier, we were bombarded with taxi drivers, all of them wanting to take us wherever we needed to go. We ended up choosing a man who spoke to us in English and offered a very low price to take us to the port. When we got to the port, we went to the ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

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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