Docklands and Canary Wharf 005

Docklands & Canary Wharf

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July 10th 2008
Today I ventured into Eastern London, Canary Wharf. This is the Wall Street NYC area of London that is beginning to really boom in the economic world. There are skyscrapers (well, sort of, for London at least) and underneath the shiny buildings is mall after mall and shop after shop. The point was to take my High School Skills class on a field trip. Uh yes, I took kids from Dubai, Kuwait, Saudi ... 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