Venice Beach

LA - The tale begins

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October 21st 2007
It all started with a huge two and half hour check-in queue at Heathrow terminal 2 care of Virgin Atlantic. Helpfully there was three girls trying to check-in four plane loads worth of people. Needless to say it didn't put us in the greatest of moods as it ended with us running for the plane and having to for go our traditional pre-flight booze up in the pub. We made up for it once airbourne. ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more