Rose Garden in Hyde Park

Walking Around London

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May 13th 2011
Today I walked, and walked and then walked some more. It was a day of walking, but a good day. I did a lot of stuff in a rather short period of time. My day start with a trip to Apsley House, which is the home of the Duke of Wellington. The first Duke, who was the guy who beat Napoleon, bought the house from his older brother. The house originally belonged to the Baron of Aspley, hence 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