Meeting Relatives in Spain: First Stop, MADRID Photo 8

Meeting Relatives in Spain: First Stop, MADRID

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October 27th 2010
Oh how wonderful it is to be with family. I arrived in Madrid to be greeted by my extended Spanish family. It’s all quite complicated how we are all related, but my “roots” are in the family name Erro and our family (my mom’s side) originated in the Pyrenees mountains on the boarder of Spain and France. So I figured, what better time than now, when I am already in Spain, to visit the famil ... 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