Estafeta, route of running of the bulls

On the Pilgrim Route Again

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May 6th 2011
A little food shopping before we left Pamplona was the first challenge of today. Finding a supermercado would provide us with the makings of a picnic lunch and we headed off on this quest, needing to ask for directions from a couple of early shoppers whose gestures and animated Spanish did the trick. Then time for a return to the old town part of Pamplona for a visit to the huge cathedral and to ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León » Burgos

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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