Cigar for celebrations

I know I have been slack but...

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August 16th 2010
I know I’ve been very slack with the updates but I have been studying Spanish for the last 2.5 months… among other things! A quick run through… I arrived in Madrid on the 2nd of June for the second time and for the first week I did some labouring for my mate Miguel. I started Spanish classes on the 7th June and took classes for 5 weeks. Then Kooz (good mate from AUS) arrived so I took a wee ... read more

Europe » Spain » District of Madrid » Madrid

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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