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Sacremento, California

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August 25th 2006
Spent one night in the California state capital trying to break up the journey from Portland to San Francisco. It still took 12 hours to get here though but the journey wasn't too bad. We had a Romanian man for company who spoke very little English so we tried being English teachers (badly). The best thing about the Sacramento is the hostel, its a historic renovated mansion and we got the best ... 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