Downs, Greater London, England Rich planned our field trip today. He wanted to go visit Charles Darwin’s house in Downs, England. So we did. First by tube to Victoria Station. Then by express train, a sixteen minute ride to Bromley, South, about 7-8 miles from our destination. It was early afternoon, and we decided a taxi ride would probably cut down our travel time; there was a bus to Downs, but we weren’t sure how long that would take. We grabbed a cab outside the train station, and Phil, our cab driver, drove us to the front gate of the Darwin House. The house has been restored; several rooms (drawing room, dining room, study and billiard room) have been painstakingly refurbished with original or duplicate furnishing, carpets and wallpaper. Upstairs several rooms have been turned into
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