Supervising the entire balloon thing

Andalusia

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October 3rd 2010
Andulusia Yeah I know it has been a while. We had 8 days in Andalucia in a mansion owned by a tight arse Pom who was fighting with Spanish Telstra so therefore we had no Internet. Was disaster and peace at the same time. Anyway this blog is about what we did there, or at least the parts that I can remember. When I was a lad I read a book by James A Michener called 'The Drifters'. It was a ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia

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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