Salamanca

A couple of easy days in the city

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September 25th 2008
We arrived in Salamanca two days ago after a pleasant drive out of the Basque country and down onto the plains of Castilla y Leon. So much of the drive reminded us of Oregon, first of the western part of the state with lots of green and hills and trees and vineyards and then we could easily have been driving in Eastern Oregon with stretches of dry farm land as far as we could see. The direc ... 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