Dining with the Pigeons

It Begins!

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May 7th 2009
Hello from across the pond! We red-eyed from Calgary to London and met up with Kirsten, who showed us some English hospitality for a couple of days. After our brief tour of London we picked up camp and headed south to Portsmouth for a proper football match before crossing the channel into France. From there we visited Juno beach and spent a couple days in Paris! The Louvre kicked our asses bef ... 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