Parliament and Big Ben

Christmas Eve

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December 24th 2007
Our alarm woke us at 8am after a wonderful night of uninterrupted sleeping. We had worried that we’d wake up early due to time change, but we all slept right through the night. We were happy to see the fog was gone so we made plans to go to the London Eye right away. Afterwards, we hit the Starbucks next to our hotel for breakfast. Deb once again seemed to find a hotel to stay in directly ne ... 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