Open space an big sky...

Open Space and Narrow Minds

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June 30th 2012
It´s a wide open road (Wide Open Road, The Triffids) I´m actually in Sahagun not Leon, but don´t worry about that... So today I passed the half way point of the camino, at least if I finish in Santiago and don´t go all the way to Fisterre on the coast at the end. So I suppose I should reflect a bit on the walking... The last few days have been across the Meseta - the flat hi ... 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