Spencer House

Day 2—Sept 16th London (Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square)

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September 16th 2007
Day 2—Sept 16th London (Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, Trafalgar Square) Up at 7 am (after Geoffrey texted me at 4am and I spent 10 minutes answering him). The Mayflower Hotel backs directly onto the Earls Court Station and our 2 rooms look directly on to it. The rumbling of the station was sufficiently masked by the squeaky, whooshing noise of the fan which was running full bore and couldn’t ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

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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