Lugo's Walls

Tom just helped to build some small stacked-stone walls. These are 28 feet high and more than 1.2 miles long, circling the city. Pretty intimidating.

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Galicia

October 4th 2014
So much for trusting the tourist guides: everything we read said that Galicia is “green Spain”, that it rains daily and that high are in the 60s this time of the year. I packed two pile shirts, a sweater, a quilted jacket and a raincoat, and nagged Tom into bringing a quilted vest and his LandsEnd jacket. All of this went into our backpacks. Well, we’ve had blue skies and temps in the 80s ev ... read more

Europe » Spain » Galicia

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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