Buckingham Palace

London

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August 23rd 2007
So after a great concert and farewell Guiness at the Temple Bar in Dublin, Karl and I head out early the next morning for London. We arrive, it is raining and we walk to our hotel in the rain. Our backpacks have been amazingly resilient and we highly recommend Eagle Creek! Karl balked at the price, but is eating crow now. While in London we did the usual touristy things. We took the double deck ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England

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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