Alameda de Hercules

Moor! Moor! Moor! *

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July 22nd 2012
* Warning, some animals were harmed in the making of this blog. As we all know, 2012 has been a most wonderful summer in the UK, glorious sunshine for weeks on end and not a drop of rain... OK, a complete lie and it has been a terrible summer so far, so I was glad that I'd actually had a few days of sunshine ahead to break the monotony of the dreary British summer. Arranging to meet old ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Ronda

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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