Punting

Cambridge

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June 30th 2007
Travel Period: 24 June 2007 A day out to Cambridge. But the weather wasn't very nice. My mission was to find the apple tree where Isaac Newton was sitting before but I failed. Could it be just a legend? I have asked around but nobody knew where it is, people just thought I was crazy. We went for punting - a must-do in Cambridge. We hired a guide but I also had a go myself, quite easy to do ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England

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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