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More churros con chocolate for Mary - though she doesn't like it all that much, she's been getting it quite regularly. Perhaps for her, it's the Spanish version of Moroccan harira.

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Three Kings

January 6th 2010
Geo: 43.3718, -8.39592Up early for mass at the Cathedral - scheduled for today is a swinging of the botafumeiro, a giant incense burner that swings through the nave. It normally only happens about 25 times per year, but we are lucky that 2010 is considered a holy year, when it swings almost daily. Supposedly, the tradition of the botafumeiro started as a means of combating the smell of the pilgr ... read more

Europe » Spain » Galicia

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

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