Salamanca

in front of La Casa de las Conchas, once the home of Dr. Rodrigo Maldonado de Talavera, who was a doctor in the Court of Isabel and a member of the Order of Santiago, whose symbol is the conch shell (now Salamanca's public library believe it or not!)

Halloween in Salamanca!!

November 3rd 2009
Hola a todos! I went to Salamanca for this past Halloween weekend where I met up with six other auxiliares in my program. Five of them are working at schools in Palencia capital and one is working in the Basque Country (in Vitoria). I had met most of them at my orientation in Madrid and had visited one (my friend Brooke) in Valladolid the weekend before (she is living in Valladolid, a much la ... 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

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