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New York Day Four

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August 19th 2008
Today was a lazy day. After breakfast I met up with Bex for a stroll in central park. Her camp seems worse for the kids, but more fun for staff in the form of subsidised parties and suchlike every other weekend when the kids had gone home. It had no internet though, so I'd have hated it! After she departed in search of one of the many art museums, I went for a swim in the free pool in central p ... read more

North America » United States

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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