I'm on the upper deck!

First Full Day in London

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July 11th 2009
Rough night. Jet lag not kind to the kids. We were thankful for the generous square footage of the flat because we played musical beds last night with at least one person up from about 2am on. Up again down again, in again out again. By 10am we were on approximately equal footing having each slept some combination of about 9 hours interspersed with 4 hours of involuntary awakeness. Day turned ... 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