Winston Churchill

Mind the gap on the way to Piccadilly

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August 25th 2008
OK, so here goes another attempt at a lightning quick recap of my lightning quick days in London. As I said before, my hostel was right in the middle of everything. As my guidebook says, London is the DC, NYC, and LA of England all in one city. And my hostel is right in the middle of LA (and maybe a little NYC). Piccadilly Circus is THE place to be, apparently. At night it gets so busy it's har ... 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