'Magpie houses'

Chester

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July 23rd 2006
So begins the start of my solo trip and first stop is Chester. It was talked up a lot in my guidebooks but now that I'm here I can't say that I understand the hype. Chester is very tourist dominated, and yes the old black and white "Magpie" houses are nice, but they can't help but feel a little fake, as if they're deliberatly on show just for the tourists - which of course, they mostly are. Whatev ... 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