Waiting in Jerez

Grazalema and the "Pueblos Blancos"

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February 19th 2012
Saturday started with a lie-in til about 10am, which wasn't enough after the late night before!! I was staggering into the walls slightly as I left the house. We decided to go away for the weekend to escape the start of the Carnaval madness, when hundreds of people from all over Spain descend onto the streets of Cadiz for drinking and debauchery. This being a 10 day festival, we were sure we&# ... 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