Outside the Palace Gates

London for a Day

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June 26th 2005
Today was really our first day out and about. We arrived in London on Friday. We spent Saturday strolling along the area near our hotel. Our jaunt from Kentucky across the Atlantic was more arduous than we'd anticipated. So, we weren't very ambitious on our first day here. Today we took "The Big Bus Tour". It's a nice ride in the open air with a digital or live guide. We chose to stay wi ... 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