Cliff jumping into the FREEZING water

"Straight to Hell" with Montes the Mountain Man

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October 2nd 2010
A part of my Ecology class here in Madrid are two lab field trips to check out two different ecosystems in Spain. The first of these trips was to Alto Tajo National Park in the center of Spain and abut 2.5 hours outside of Madrid. This ecosystem is that of a Mediterranean temperate forest, the same that is found in Northern California (ironically enough - the second field trip is to the north wher ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile-La Mancha

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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