Changing of the guard

Lovely London

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January 4th 2007
When we weren't running off to the country, we were in London staying with Alec and Briony for some of the time and with my old flatmate Aoife for the rest. Given the small number of days we actually spent touring about, we saw a whole lot!! So I will try to get it all in. Some is self explanatory, but a lot of it comes with fun little tidbits of information mostly from my infinitely knowledgea ... 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