Palacio da Pena

Country tasting

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December 16th 2011
Hello everyone! We have been back in the U.S. for a bit over a month and we are tying up the loose ends of our move to San Francisco. But before too much time goes by, we wanted to share with you the final part of our trip – we were too busy walking 300km across Spain and enjoying sweets in Portugal to spend some long hours in a hot internet café along the way. Singapore We wrote ... read more

Europe » Spain

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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