On the footpath

Leaving London for Barbara's

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June 9th 2009
We got an early start this morning, as we needed to pick up our rental car downtown. Just before we were to leave, the internet repair people arrived and so we left Joshua and Benjamin with them and took the tube downtown to Bond Street. After turning in our tube passes, we walked a short distance to the car rental place. I would have preferred not to be picking up this rental car right in the ... 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