This one is for Okoye...and Cari and Paul

If we win the lotto....

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December 28th 2010
...we're buying a vacation home here. You can visit. After our last 2 stops this city seems very cosmopolitan. And it is! You step outside the port gates and you are facing a shopping mall. And a bar. And a marina. And another bar. And fun in the sun. And the city smells like food...specifically tortilla chips. Las Palmas is a resort city with colourful houses, beautiful beaches and ho ... read more

Europe » Spain » Canary Islands » Gran Canaria

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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