On the Tram

San Francisco

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December 17th 2007
We have spent a long weekend here en route to Oz. We arrived here from Vancouver on Thursday. The girls and I are suffering some withdrawal symptoms from not having any festive decorations around us so we have decorated our backpacks. THey make a nice jingling noise too when we walk! Some would say annoying but we have received generally positive comments so far! Part of the porblem this weekend ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more