Palm tree?!

This is just wrong in my opinion. Everyone should have snow for Christmas! (though I have heard that I have a better chance of seeing snow in Salamanca, so...I'm keeping my fingers crossed).

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas

December 17th 2007
Although I really, really miss snow (there’s no chance of it here because it’s too warm) I do think that Santiago looks very festive. Maybe it’s because I’m not watching much TV here, but I think that there more of a focus on the religious aspects of Christmas than the commercialism. On Christmas Eve the Spanish eat a big dinner which usually includes seafood. And “Papa Noel” is g ... 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

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