MOUNT TEIDE

TENEREIFE, CANARY ISLANDS

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November 20th 2017
TENERIFE CANARY ISLANDS Today we are in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands of Spain. The weather is gorgeous in the 70’s sunny and with low humidity. It is the largest of the islands with a population of 700,000 and after Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea has the 3rd largest volcano in the world from sea floor to peak'Mt.Teide. We passed Calatrava’s opera house which we remembered from a previ ... read more

Europe » Spain » Canary Islands

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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