Santa Monica 046

Santa Monica

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October 27th 2008
Picked up the hire car - or rather, BUS - this morning. Mortesa had warned us that we'd have to pay a lot extra to get the correct level of insurance, and he was right - so after thinking the hire car was relatively cheap, it's ending up at something like $650 for 9 days. We'd decided to do something relatively straightforward on day 1 with the car, as I was slightly nervous about driving for ... read more

North America » United States » California

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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