Fresh mountain air

I assure you, I broke my camera before the wine tasting

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September 17th 2008
About a week ago, we had a group field trip to la Bodega Sierra Salina, located in the mountains in the south of Alicante Province. As we left behind the main highway and drove through winding, country roads with hardly any buildings (just miles and miles of grapes and olives being grown) I began to feel back in my element. All that was missing was some cows and a squirrel or two, although I did h ... 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