“We’re going up and out and under the Golden Gate Bridge and around Alcatraz”
September 22nd 2008 The train journey from Seattle to San Francisco was another long one, 23 hours in fact. However when we boarded in Seattle we had the privilege of sitting on the upper deck, which for some reason provided a little early morning excitement for the pair of us. Looking back, neither of us are exactly sure why we got so excited as the view out of the window was probably no different to that on the low
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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 
