Ah, a nice cuppa

The end of my big trip

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April 29th 2011
I left Chicago for the flight back to London in time for the royal wedding. It was a real shame to be going home but had decided that my trip around the world had naturally come to an end. The flight home with British Airways on their brand new Boeing 777 was a good one. We had a good laugh at gate 11 of O'hare international terminal, primarily because of the cardboard cut out of the new roya ... 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