Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

Chips and Mushy Peas

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November 8th 2010
Hello!! So I've just returned from a trip I've been wanting to take for a very very long time. I finally got myself to England where I stayed with friends for about 5 days. It was absolutely glorious!! I thought I would have some trouble adjusting to British dialect but I didn't have any trouble at all! In a way England actually felt for me like it was the closest thing to home I've felt in mon ... 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