Us on the beach we found

Santillana del Mar

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April 18th 2010
First of all Happy Birthday Dad! We largely spent your birthday driving to Santillana del Mar. It was a nice drive and we stopped in at some gorgeous little beaches and could see the snowy mountains in the background of some of them. We did get lost in the countryside at one point though when Karen (our GPS) kept sending us down closed roads! It was a maze of narrow streets in amongst the villages ... read more

Europe » Spain » Cantabria

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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