Big Ben

The Epilogue

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December 9th 2007
After a marathon of a day we finally landed in London. The first full day we figured out how to use "The Tube" and went to hit some of the major sites which included: watching the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace, checking out Big Ben and Westminster Abbey as well as getting inside Parliament to watch a little of the debates. Actually we just wanted to see if they really wore powdered ... 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