'Galician' Hillside in Monforte

Monforte de Lemos and Cañon do Sil

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February 5th 2016
This post is about two separate day trips I took in December to other sights in Galicia. One of my friends, who’s also in my program, lives in Monforte de Lemos. In fact, we met over Facebook because we both were thinking about living there, and we were talking about being roommates. Monforte is a city of 20,000 (for comparison, Ourense’s got around 110,000), which is about half the distanc ... read more

Europe » Spain » Galicia

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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