St Pancras station

Day 7

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July 2nd 2010
After a very hot night in Paris we woke up to a day promising to be no cooler. In fact it was likely to be a scorcher and we were not tooo unhappy to be leaving for London. After our last delicious breakfast at the Altona, we had showers and packed. We left the hotel at 9am and received sad looks from the mad brothers and a "Bon Voyage" from the black guy who did the night shift on reception. I w ... 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