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London Day 3

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August 7th 2009
I woke up at 6:00 a.m. with a very sore throat. Tiptoeing around the house, I managed to soothe it with two pieces of Belgium chocolate. Worked like a charm, as long as I was eating! Hung around the bedroom and uploaded the Covent Garden pictures, played a couple of games, and then my laptop flashed a "battery low" warning. In my haste to get to the living room to plug it into the transformer/ ... 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