London weather and Big Ben

London (the city, not my son) and Paris

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June 3rd 2012
When we planned our vacation many moons ago we didn't realize we would be arriving in London at the very hour the Queen's Jubilee would be ending. When we exited our train at Waterloo station we were met by a million people trying to get into the station and it was raining. Welcome to England. :D Monday night we went to see Coldplay in Arsenal's football stadium. They were fantastic ... 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