Salamanca! (parte uno) 4. On the train.

Salamanca! (parte uno)

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July 12th 2011
I left Sevilla a bit conflicted. On one hand, I loved the city and met wonderful people there, who still had a week to study. On the other hand, I was ready to get away from that suffocating heat! As I was walking home from class on my last day there, I saw that the temperature was 45 C/113 F. Murder! Three weeks in Andalucia had given me a tan and bleached my hair some. So as a part of me c ... 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