Background: Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to bickering over the peace process.
June 24th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich After we woke up on our first day in Norwich, we went into the city. Before we went into town I had bacon and eggs for breakfast at my Dad's Mum's house. When we got into Norwich we had morning tea ... 8 photos[full story]
May 18th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Thetford We headed in convoy to Thetford Forest to take part in Go Ape the arial assualt course. I have know idea how I ended up on this one as I have a bit of a fear of heights, or more specifically falling! ... 6 photos[full story]
June 1st 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich Sunday 1st June
Summer has arrived! The days are long and everything is lovely and green. Today Val and Andy took us on their leisure craft boat on the Norfolk Broads. What a treat. They were not s ... 5 photos[full story]
February 12th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich Hallo ihr Lieben
Nach langer Zeit hier nun ein kurzer Einblick in meine letzten Tage in England. Die letzte Woche war geprägt von vielen Ereignissen, die uns allen an die Substanz und emotionalen ... 88 photos[full story]
April 6th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk JIM ALLEN CHECKS IN:
We have Peter and Lesley Davis coming to Holland for one day only, that being the day of the promotion, Monday, April 21st. Peter and Lesley live in Norfolk England where the ... 3 photos[full story]
January 16th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich For years I've listened enthralled, amazed, surprised, amused, enraputred, intrigued but with resigned envy to travellers tales from friends, family, work colleagues, aquaintances, random strangers! I ... 1 photos[full story]
January 30th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich Heute wieder ein Bericht und ein paar Fotos von meinem Aufenthalt...
Die Woche gestaltete sich wie immer...Schulalltag hatte uns vollkommen im Griff. Donnerstag jedoch packte uns die Demotivation u ... 63 photos[full story]
February 5th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk
About paying forward between travellers, about those hands reached you freely, doing my voluntry job in Hunstanton one day, I met her in a pub. And I was just learning the language, but she never ... 1 photos[full story]
January 7th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Happisburgh We flew in to Lima Peru the night before our flight back to London England, all was fine, until we realised we only had a jangle worth of small change left to our name, this just about paid for a 3 mi ... 19 photos[full story]
January 21st 2008Europe » United Kingdom » England » Norfolk » Norwich Erlebnisse vom Wochenende:
Nachdem wir die ersten Tage in unseren Schulen erfolgreich hinter uns gebracht haben, stand fest, der Freitagabend muss gebuertig gefeiert werden. Ein Abend in einem typ ... 34 photos[full story]
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