Lights to celebrate the festival

First suckling pig of the trip!

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September 14th 2008
We have made it to Tordesillas in Spain. We flew to Valladollid this morning where we picked up our hire car (a Fiat Punto). We only had a 30 minute drive which was enough as we have to get used to driving on the other side of the road as well as changing gear with the other hand. Tim did the driving and it not prove too problematic. We have got TomTom which is pretty useful although it did send u ... 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