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Traveling Through Asturias

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October 18th 2014
We decided not to drive the whole trip around northern Spain, since there’s a narrow gauge railway that travels most of the way from the north-west corner to the French border. It’s called FEVE (pronounced fay-vay) and is a regional, sometimes commuter line, with some freight trains, some cars set up for commuters (hard seats) and some for longer distances. It doesn’t run like the rest of Re ... read more

Europe » Spain » Asturias

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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