London

Back to ye olde London town

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July 3rd 2011
After a most epic flight from Sydney through to London via Taipei (28 hours!), I arrived at Heathrow where Shawn was waiting for me with my Oyster card. We hopped on the tube and headed straight back to Islington and to a pub for a well deserved pint of cider. We listened to a live jazz band and chilled into the night. I was quite taken aback by the daylight hours, it doesn't get dark until 10 ... 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