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Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236During my first week in LondonI not only saw a revival of one of the best films about the Olympic Games butalso attended a performance of a recently opened stage play that is based onthat film. On July 13 a digitally remastered version of the 1981 Oscar winner "Chariotsof Fire" was released throughout the United Kingdom to boost enthusiasm for the Olympic Games.This film tells the true story of two UKathletes who competed at the 1924 Olympic Games that were held in Paris.One athlete, Harold Abrahams, overcame religious prejudice that was prevalentat that time and fought against the strict code of amateurism that discouragedthe use of professional coaches. The other athlete, Eric Liddell, placed hisreligious convictions over the wishes of the British Olympic Committee and ofhis future king, the Duke of Windsor, by refusing ... read more

Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236Here are observations about my first 12 hours in London. My first six hours is more accurate when one takes into account my travel time from the airport to my hotel and the long nap I took to offset nearly twenty hours without sleep.It is hard to believe that Londoners, let alone visitors, can navigate this city given its lack of street signs. In Seattle virtually every intersection has one or two posts on which are mounted signs that indicate the street and avenue. After several hours of walking around the high end Knightsbridge, Sloan Square, and South Kensington neighborhoods I did not see a single intersection where this type of post was present. At best there was a street name posted on the side of a building, and this occurred about once every ... read more