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Sierra Nevadas

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March 12th 2007
I am offically a badass snowboarder chick. Last Saturday I took off with a couple of my friends to the Sierra Nevada mountains to give snowboarding a shot. I've been a skiier (not a very good one) since I was 11. My friend Mike promised to give me free lessons if I went along with him, so Carla and I decided to join Matt and him on their escapade to the mountains. We took a bus, and it only ... read more

Europe » Spain » Andalusia » Sierra Nevada

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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