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Our Oxford Odyssey

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April 2nd 2012
We had another lovely (rather cool) day yesterday. They are having a drought here and are wishing it would rain and we are so happy when it doesn't. Sounds like a selfish tourist doesn''t it? We actually missed the morning service because we were too late. We thought it was 11:00, but it was 10:30. But, not to worry, the Evensong in the evening was really a proper service and not 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