Spain 28 - Leon - a royal pantheon, cathedral stained glass and fleas for dinner
September 15th 2015 Hola , Buenos Dios - we know we are in Spain. We are greeted with two Hellos and soil that resembles mustard in parts, rust in others and all shades in between. A real kaleidoscope of colour unlike anything you seem to see anywhere else in Northern Europe. The weather sadly has deserted us. Last week the temperature was up the high 20’s and low 30’s . This week nothing but rain. It pours down
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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 
