English Breakfast

York, Part II

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July 18th 2009
Cold and rainy weather yesterday and dark clouds this morning. It doesn’t feel like July. Catherine, your raincoat is my new best friend. Good thing I like museums. And Harry Potter movies. The York Castle Museum boasts an indoor replica of a Victorian street (or “gate”—from a Viking word) complete with stores, a schoolhouse, a police station, a simulated thunderstorm, and a mock news ... 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