Sunset over Tangiers

Christmas and New Year 2010/2011 Tarifa

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January 2nd 2011
Hi and Feliz Ano Neuvo to you all. First of all thank you for all the Christmas and New Year messages, either by e-card, email, blog comments, text or phone call it was very nice to receive so many. The plan was to stay over in Gibraltar at Christmas but it didn't quite work out. We drove around the southern tip of Spain on 23rd Dec along the scenic coastal route out past Tarifa and over the ... 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