The view from Granada

Granada: The Berkeley of Europe

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April 2nd 2007
Or maybe even: The Youthful, Urban, European Alger of Spain I departed Córdoba Monday morning (well, afternoon, really, but this is Spain and I was on vacation) under perfect blue skies and fluffy clouds and caught a bus for Granada. I'd been to Granada already, in early March, but was sick and bad things kept happening and I ended up focusing all my energy on trying to keep it from being The ... 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