As night descends the building lights up

Many museums and many wonderful meetings with great friends

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January 27th 2010
Back in London and this time I stay with Ewelina. It’s a great couple of days and I manage to visit the Portrait Gallery and also Westminister Abbey – finally. In the National Portrait Gallery I enjoy some of the pictures there, particularly Cupid and Physce, one of my favorite portrait themes. Rossetti’s interpretation of the Annunciation captured me, showing Mary so human as she sits ther ... 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