Ensaimada Mallorquina

Re-cap

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October 30th 2006
A brief re-cap to bring you up to date. In my defense, getting to the internet in Spain can be quite difficult and the Universidad doesn´t make it any easier. It is a crap shoot each time you enter the computer lab--sometimes the computers work, sometimes they don´t. And, even when they do, it is hard to post photos as most of the computers are slow. Three weeks ago we had a puente (Thursday ... 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