Graham & Laura

Away we go

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August 4th 2009
First Day - away we go! We left Aberdeen at 630am to head to Heathrow, after only 3 hours sleep - far too excited!!! As we were flying BA, we had 2 hours to look around the new T5, before heading off to NY!! Our flight was delayed as someone tried to board with an expired passport - grrrr! Laura was panicking as we had tickets to a concert in Pennsylvania that evening, and tim ... 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