The sun sets on Belfast as we land

If I never see another airport again, it will be too soon.

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September 15th 2007
Well, we arrived... after a two hour delay in Calgary while they fixed our plane (!) which of course meant we missed our Belfast connection and got stuck in Heathrow for five hours. On the bright side, I was seated next to a guy named who made me laugh my head off the whole trip. Rosie slumbered peacefully across the aisle, wearing those eyemasks that fragile movie stars wear. Being strande ... 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