"San Francisco has only one drawback - 'tis hard to leave". Rudyard Kipling
July 25th 2015 In 2005 we travelled to New Zealand for my friend's wedding and I bought my first Lonely Planet travel guide. It was such a success that I now buy one wherever we go - I even bought one when we first moved to WA and many of the restaurants we tried became firm favourites. So last night with the girls snuggled together watching Pretty Little Liars, feeling posh ordering their room service, we put o
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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more 
