We thought the streets of Valencia were bad NOTHING can compare to Granada - Day 8
May 23rd 2017 We left Cartagena after a trip to the Optician. The mongrels that took my bag took my prescription sunglasses. It can be soooo bright here that I had to get clip-ons, not elegant but they do the job.
We decided to head for Granada via the port city of Almeria. Just lovely having lunch sitting on the foreshore promenade. Pity about the wind belting through at a great rate of knots.
Then off t
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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 
