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Canal Boating we go

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September 30th 2007
I headed from work on Monday night to Heathrow airport to pick up the folks who were flying in from Bangkok. It had been 9 months since leaving Aus when Mum and Dad dropped Darren, Mai and I off at Sydney airport. So it was great to see them walk through the gateway. After a few hugs I led them down to the metro and headed to Walthamstow, which they would use as a base for the next 5 weeks. A ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom

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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