Full moon

Gibraltar

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April 8th 2009
Arcos is a great little town, but we are staying here three nights we are planning a couple of day trips. We had planned to travel to Granada, but Ruth had studied the maps lat evening and when we met for breakfast suggested it would be an aweful lot of traveling and thought a southern trip might be better. I've long since learned to listen to Ruth, soo when we hooked up with L&M we made the sug ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Arcos de la Frontera

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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