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Mon 23rd... Itero De La Vega and onward

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July 12th 2012
We left behind the sloping room, in the UNLISTED Albergue in Itero de La Vega with the memory of bed bugs ( though thankfully not in OUR beds) ... and the faint blocked drain smell lingering in the nostrils....This was soon blown away by the wind as we walked along an area where there were many canals which had been developed in the late 18th century and opened up the whole area to farming.....it ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile & León

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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