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San Sebastián

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May 9th 2017
My first stop today was to the Parc Animalier des Pyrenees (see photo). This animal park has exhibits where the human visitors walk through and the animals live in areas that are as much like their normal habitat as possible. It is clear that people feed the creatures because, unlike most zoos I have visited, nearly all of the animals moved immediately toward me as I approached their compounds (se ... read more

Europe » Spain » Basque Country

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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