Marvao I

Fin de semana

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September 28th 2006
Queridos amigos, I went to the hometown of my host mom Valéncia de Alcántaras this weekend. It is a town of about 1000 people and less that 20 km from the border with Portugal. We stayed at the home of her son, David, outside of Valéncia in an even smaller village called San Pedro (de Alcántaras). The San Pedro mountains are beautiful and are high, narrow ridges of granite that start abrup ... read more

Europe » Spain » Extremadura » Cáceres

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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