The Old Operating Theatre

A picture is worth a thousand words ...

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April 29th 2013
Geo: 51.5002, -0.1262... and that's why I have to write so much. Twice in the 90s I stayed in a hotel just down the block from where I am now, and one other time John and I stayed in a hotel another couple of blocks away on the same road. One thing I had forgotten is: Bayswater Road is noisy! I'm pretty sure there was traffic all night long, consisting mostly of trucks. Plus, the ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom

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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