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What to see when visiting Spain - Part III - Andalusia and the Costa del Sol83

What to see when visiting Spain - Part III - Andalusia and the Costa del Sol

Visit the Andalusian region of Spain where flamenco dancing and bullfighting originated. See the lovely cities of Sevilla, Granada, and Cordoba. Then visit the Costa del Sol on the Mediterranean Sea.

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A Nicaraguan Girl - A True Mystery in Granada, Nicaragua81

A Nicaraguan Girl - A True Mystery in Granada, Nicaragua

Granada is a great tourist destination and the oldest city in Central America. The Nicaraguan city is almost exactly 530 years older than I am. A remarkable age. One day, here was the residence of an American named William Walker. He was this one,...

8 comments    costa rica nicaragua granada
Washington Irving - Tales of The Alhambra81

Washington Irving - Tales of The Alhambra

Famous North-American writer, historian and foreign ambassador, Washington Irving was born of an English mother and a Scottish father, immigrants into the United States. Irving was born in Manhattan, New York, on 3rd April, 1783, his mother naming...

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Famous Monuments78

Famous Monuments

A monument is a structure which is built to commemorate a person or an important event. A monument may also be built to give out a message or to represent the art culture of a society. In short any thing that represents the important events of the...

2 comments    travel vacation spain
The Life and Times of Agustin Lara65

The Life and Times of Agustin Lara

Bio of Mexico's great composer and poet: Agustin Lara. His influence and legacy to Latin American Music

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How to Find a Hotel in Granada Nicaragua71

How to Find a Hotel in Granada Nicaragua

Finding a good hotel in Nicaragua can be difficult, as many hotels do not place rooms on services like hotwire or orbitz. What does make finding a room easier is that rates are flat; there is no price...

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My Summer 2010 Tour:  Portugal73

My Summer 2010 Tour: Portugal

“Estación de Autobuses de Granada” simply means Granada Bus Station. Like “set a thief to catch a thief”, one has to take a bus to reach the bus station as it is located far away in the outskirts of the city. I approached the...

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Coronation Street UK: England's oldest and longest running soap opera76

Coronation Street UK: England's oldest and longest running soap opera

On December 9th 1960 Coronation Street arrived on British Television sets. Who could have imagined back then it would still have been going strong in 2009. Its distinctive theme tune is widely known in the UK these days, even by people who have never watched this programme. Coronation Street was a soap opera or, as these were more often called back then, a kitchen sink drama. However kitchen sink dramas tended to be one offs that were either a play or a film and often aimed at making a statem

7 comments    television england sink
Malaga, Spain and Costa del Sol: The Quick Visitor's Guide84

Malaga, Spain and Costa del Sol: The Quick Visitor's Guide

Thinking about visiting Malaga, Spain and Costa del Sol? This quick visitor's guide can help you decide.

12 comments    vacation spain costa del sol
Spain's Story: From the 9th Century to the 16th Century ~ a Historical Timeline70

Spain's Story: From the 9th Century to the 16th Century ~ a Historical Timeline

Christian Apparitions; Marian Apparitions; saintly apparitions. Can they be explained? Historian and researcher, William A Christian, junior, has been studying this phenomenon for many years, and my series of hubs on this subject relates to visions recorded in Medieval and Renaissance 'Spain' and detailed in Christian's book: 'Apparitions in Late Medieval and Renaissance Spain'.

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