Lion Guarding Westminster Bridge

Portraits of Famous People

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July 22nd 2007
For my last day in London (for now), I started with a walk over Westminster Bridge, which runs across the Thames from Waterloo (by the London Eye) towards Parliament. The weather was beautiful. I spent some time taking pictures of the sights in that area and watched Big Ben chime 9 am. My goal was the Churchill Musem and Cabinet War Rooms. (See, I told you he'd be back!) I got there a ... 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