Buckingham Palace 1

How Hot London Can Be!

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June 28th 2012
Today we managed to get up ontime and we had another lovely english breakfast here at the hotel. Our first stop was Buckingham Palace. We arrived there shortly before the Changing of the Guard. We decided to stay and watch the changing of the guard. It was actually very underwhelming! Mostly it was just men in bear hats standing around. Every once in a while a small group would break off and march ... 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