The Mission

Back in English speaking lands

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October 26th 2009
Today I departed Athens and started heading back west. After an uneventful flight and a long bus ride, I arrived in Oxford to visit Dave for the next couple days. I met up with Dave and Ellie at Said Business School. I dropped my stuff off and we headed out to lunch at a place called The Mission, which is a Chipotle knock-off. With a big dinner plann ... 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