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Carnival time! - San Sebastian

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February 26th 2006
It's a typically English trait to ascribe intentions to the weather ("It's threatening to rain" etc.) but yesterday it really did seem to be out to get me... I'd got up late after carnival night (of which more later) and after breakfast decided to take a walk around the sweep of San Sebastian's (Donostia in Basque) bay with the ultimate intention of taking the funicular to the top of the headlan ... 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