Security at the Parliment Building

Monday - in London day 2

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May 14th 2012
Today was a typical London day ...Rainy and a lIttle cool. But we were ready for this and had jackets and rain gear - so we were comfortable all day. Today we went on the London Eye .... A really tall Ferris Wheel on the banks of the Thames. It takes about 30 minutes to go all the way around .. And on a clear day you can see 30 miles. Not sure how far we could see today, but it wasn't a clear ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » England

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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