Phone box

Day 2: London

---

May 17th 2007
As the plane started its final descent, I started getting very excited. I don't know whether it was because I was slightly delirious or what, but I felt butterflies and started shifting around in my seat when we broke through the clouds and I thought I saw land. The plane kept going down closer and closer to the ground...and then we went right through it. I felt quite silly that I'd gotten so exci ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

---

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