Pont Del Mar, Valencia

Happy New Year

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January 4th 2007
To all my avid readers, a very happy new year & hope your xmas was as good as mine. Before going on to this entry, the answers to the Italian questions. The tractor thingy was indeed a Lamborgini (this is what the sports cars look like without a body), so well done Dom and Si. Best guess goes to Steve, with a Lancia left out in the rain (though it was obviously in too good a condition for this to ... 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