Westminster Abbey

Hanging out in London

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September 15th 2010
After overcoming confusions about the public transport network in London compared to the places we had familiarised ourselves with in Europe, we made it to Kim and Dave's place in London. Kim took the day off and gave us a whirlwind tour of the outside of the big London sites - the Tower Bridge, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, Downing St, Trafalgar Square, the Natural History Museum - an outing that ... 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