More than a Memory

The Final Week in Valencia

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April 10th 2006
Hello Reader. Now, where was I...? Last you heard, we had just lost a couple of Belgian twins, Harri's family, and a boyfriend named Laurent. Spirits were high in the group, or as high as could be expected with our inevitable separation only a week or so away... so, not-so-very, in other words. Chrysa, Alice, Harriet, Sue, Mike and I did our parts to keep ourselves together and positive as ... 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