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Canary Islands

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October 6th 2005
The trip to the Canary Islands was excellent. Our flight was to leave Granada at 7am for a short flight to Madrid, where we would have a brief 1 hour layover. as many things go in Spain, out flight out of Granada was late taking off, we landed in Madrid with only 20 min until out plane took off for the Islands. Here you get off your plane and then get onto a bus where then you drive around the ru ... read more

Europe » Spain » Canary Islands

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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