Venice Beach Sign

We Got More Bounce in California

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July 28th 2010
There's not much to report on my time in Los Angeles. I arrived at the hotel about 5 hours before check in, so bought a ticket to a shuttle bus to Manhattan Beach + shopping, mainly as something to do to keep me in the sun so I wouldn't get jet lag (I'd heard that somewhere). I was tired, it being 1am according to my body clock, and me stupidly not really even attempting to sleep on the plane. But ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more