The Science Museum Building

The Brits Abroad!

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June 28th 2013
We set off towards our next stop: Valencia, it’s quite a drive (around 460 kms) so we scheduled in a couple of stops along the way. We thought a stop in Alicante would be a good halfway(ish) point and Steve decided that we couldn’t pass so close to Benidorm without a stop there too, just to experience it first-hand! An interesting few days followed!! I actually quite liked Alicante, it was fa ... 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