Assembly Rooms

Monday

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September 12th 2016
This was an easy day of exploring (and shopping). Coffee was made with a press and tasted pretty good, but there were grounds and sediment in each cup. Roger had some local breakfast wrap two doors down from our outside door. I was putting together the books and maps we no longer needed to send home, so we wouldn't have to keep carting them around in our luggage. Mid-morning Roger went out t ... 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