Roaring water

Off to Quixote Country

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April 15th 2013
We left home in Alicante yesterday to drive to the Parque Natural de Lagunas de Ruidera en route to Northern Spain. We are taking a slow route to the End of The World, as the Romans named the most westerly tip of Galicia, Finisterre. We shall probably take a week or so to get there and then several weeks to get back home, via the Picos de Europa in Asturias and Cantabria. The journey from our hous ... read more

Europe » Spain » Castile-La Mancha » Ruidera

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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