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London - The Start of the Christmas Party Season

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November 20th 2006
Following our exhausting trip to Paris, we all found it a bit hard to stay awake on Monday, but with the help of a few hot chocolate and a Mars Bar, I managed to get through the day long enough to get my train back home. Brendan headed back down to Southampton on Tuesday, after having a nice sleep-in while the rest of us were working. I squeezed in a bit of shopping at the local High Wycombe s ... 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