victoria

london calling

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May 29th 2006
After a pretty enjoyable Air Transat flight from Vancouver (of which left just barely on time), I landed at Gatwick at 5:10pm local time. The walk from the plane to customs took forever. Luckily, customs was pretty dead so I zipped through there within 10 minutes, although the customs officer asked some pretty strange questions. I swear, I've only met one friendly immigrations officier in my life, ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England » Greater London

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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