Thames Estuary at Purfleet

Closer view of the skyscrapers of Canary Wharf

Purfleet-on-Thames and the Rainham Marshes

April 14th 2021
Dear All Greetings from London! It has been a while since I last wrote a Travel Blog entry, as like many of us, I haven’t been doing much travelling for the past year. It’s been wonderful seeing and reading people’s travel blog entries on here on their local travels, or previous travels that they had not hitherto been able to write up. It has been a breath of fresh air during these times to ... 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

19th April 2021

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

England has so much interesting history
There is so much much interesting history in England that you can pretty much drop yourself anywhere and find interesting things to see. That's one of the reasons I love England so much. I can totally understand the joy of visiting a place featured in Monopoly. I have actually run the entire Swedish Monopoly board. It makes a loop of 25 km or so in central Stockholm. /Ake

20th April 2021

alex waring
Alexander Waring

England
Thank you for your comment Ake. I myself am just beginning to realise how much history there is in my own country, and how fortunate I am to be able to see so much during these times on my doorstep. Thank you for understanding my excitement at visiting Fenchurch Street Station ? I love your story of running the whole Swedish Monopoly board in one go - well done! ?

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