Valancia

Tales from an Unnamed Taberna

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February 6th 2008
Scene: Jon and Jessie finish typing their blog with a final click and walk out of the brightly lit computer cafe onto a dusky Granadan street... making our way back to the Pension we´re staying at, weaving through dim narrow streets crowded by old churches. It was still early, and the streets were quiet; but as we made our way back we took a different side street than normal and passed a charmin ... 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