View from afar

¡Olé! + all the gory details

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September 29th 2009
It turned out to be a man in a costume mercilessly killing a bull, or rather several men in costumes injuring a bull (to the uproarious cheers of the crowd) followed by a man taunting a bull and then killing it. The interesting part about it was that I wasn't terribly disturbed by it all at the time, but I was more awed by the spectacle and focused on getting a good shot with my super-cool zoom le ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Seville

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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