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July 13th 2013
I woke up this morning to a room service Breakfast, an English omelet... it certainly was not the Denver omelet I was expecting. A British omelet consists of eggs fried up, rolled like a crape, and placed on a plate. Next to the cylindrical egg were the contents I was expecting to be cooked inside the egg, a sausage, a giant mushroom cap, a lean cut of ham, and a chunk of hash. Dont get me wrong I ... 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