First view of England

Greetings from Gloucestershire!

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June 23rd 2007
There are entirely too many letters in that title - for the uninitiated, I'm in Gloucestershire (pronounced "Gloster-shur") for the next four months. I plan to update this site with journals, photos, and videos from my ramblings. I arrived at Heathrow yesterday morning and was picked up and taken to my apartment in Cheltenham (slur your syllables and say "Chelt-num" with me!). I saw hundreds ... read more

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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 ear... ... read more