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Flowers Along Old University

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Pilgrimage to Santiago Compostela

July 19th 2013
Hands down, the best day so far. It started out with a nice twist of fate. I noticed the night before that a bus left earlier than my 1:00 departure, so I went to the station, asked, and they nicely put me on the 9:30 bus to Santiago. Absolutely awesome. And then the drive. This part of northern Portugal and Spain is amazingly beautiful. It's not, as people think, arid and dry; rather, this ar ... read more
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Spanish Flag 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
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