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We start today amid the huge blocks of business. Sports Emotion have their headquarters here.  https://www.sportsemotion.com/  They are described as being LGBTQ+ friendly but only gets 3.1 stars.  12 hours ago Francisco wrote ‘Pay attention to the online sales and returns policy, I will not buy from them again. You are welcome’  The emotional sports people replied ‘Thank you for sharing your review with us.  Unfortunately, as our commercial policy indicates, we do not accept the return of items that have been used, as they are then not suitable for resale.  We hope to see you again at Sports Emotion, both on our website and in any of our stores. Sincerely, the Sports Emotion team’


‘Two months ago Bea stated ‘We unpresentable people bought some boots and the size table does not match the number of the boots. They are not responsible because they have put a simple ""personalized"" sticker on it. nationally I will never buy anything again and of COURSE I WILL NEVER RECOMMEND IT’,,  The reply was ‘Hello Bea,  Thank you for sharing your review with us. We are sorry for what happened and the inconvenience it may have caused you. Unfortunately, as we indicate in the returns policy on our website, personalized items do not allow exchanges or returns. We cannot locate your profile to respond to your incident. Do not hesitate to contact us at support@futbolemotion.com, we will respond as soon as possible. Sincerely, the Sports Emotion team’




With that we move on.  Ahead is a huge, bleak roundabout with, what appears to be, a route forward that has not been developed.  We wool pass the Laberinto Bidimensional   Leonardo reckoned ‘My friend from a parallel dimension loved it. But I, who live in a 3D reality, didn't find it very funny :(‘



Suddenly we are following footpaths and find ourselves of the banks of the Imperial Canal of Aragon.  We are in one of those betwixt places.  The canal potters between the backend of sports fields and under the shadow of the rear of a hospital.  With little else to do but enjoy the water, lets think about the early days of the Zaragoza.



In 25BC the Romans established a colony a Caesaraugusta. Veterans of the Cantabrian Wars got the benefits of a forum, baths and a theatre. According to legend [cough] St James the Apostle built a chapel on what would later be the Cathedral of Our Lady of Pilar.  Saint Engratia and her chums were supposed to be martyred here in 303AD.





Despite the general decline of the sklackers left in charge of last centuries of the Roman empire, Zaragoza suffered little. It was captured by the Goths in the fifth century.  Three centuries later  the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula, Zaragoza became the capital of the Upper March of al-Andalus.




In 1018, amid the collapse of the Caliphate of Córdoba, Zaragoza became an independent Taifa of Zaragoza, initially controlled by the Tujibid family, then ruled by the Banu Hud from 1039.


















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