Nighttime at Buckingham Palace

Christmas Evening

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December 25th 2007
After our morning breakfast at the hotel we relaxed for a few hours in our rooms. We had plans to do a Charles Dickens Walk from Trafalgar Square but since it was raining and we had some napping going on, we decided to skip it. With the Tube being closed on Christmas, we had a nice walk from the hotel through St James Park, by Buckingham Palace and on to the Hard Rock Cafe. Luckily, the rain ... 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