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Everything Everywhere Daily

Potpourri Spain: Columbus, Dinner Time, and Joint Custody Island

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt | Glassbox Media

History, Education

4.81.8K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2021

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

In the process of doing research, I often come across various stories which are interesting but might not be worthy of a full episode. They often are more like facts than stories. Every so often I save up those stories for a special episode because I really hate to let things go to waste. So without further ado, here is the Spanish potpourri episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

In the process of doing research I often come across various stories which are interesting but might not be worthy of a full episode.

0:07.0

They're more like snippets than stories.

0:09.0

And every so often I save these things up for a special episode because I really hate to let things go to waste.

0:15.0

So without further ado, here is the Spanish potpourri episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. This episode is sponsored by the Tourist Office of Spain.

0:35.0

In the past I've talked about different aspects of what Spain has to offer.

0:39.0

Foods, festivals, history, beaches, mountains, museums, restaurants, and live entertainment.

0:45.4

There is a good reason why 82 million people a year visit Spain, making it the second most visited

0:50.8

country in the world. If you've been to Spain you know what I'm

0:54.2

talking about and if you haven't been to Spain then you owe it to yourself to make a

0:58.1

visit. You can start researching your dream trip to Spain today by visiting

1:02.2

Spain. info where you can get everything you need to searching your Spanish

1:07.0

dream trip to Spain today by visiting Spain. info where you can get everything you need to know to plan your Spanish adventure. Once again, that's Spain. info.

1:10.0

Our first story on this episode has to do with the borders of Spain.

1:18.0

Most countries have set established borders.

1:20.0

They've worked out a deal with their neighbors and there's an agreement as to where one country ends and the next country begins.

1:26.0

For Spain, this is mostly the case as well.

1:29.0

However, there is one notable exception.

1:32.0

The border between France and Spain is set and mostly goes

1:35.2

through the Pyrenees Mountains. The far western end of the border however is the

1:39.2

Beidosa River. For about 10 kilometers starting at the Ocean, the river serves as the border.

1:46.0

In the middle of that river is an island known as Pheasant Island.

1:49.8

It's a really small island with no real significance outside of its geographic

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