My room at The Bonham

Boogerbun

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April 18th 2016
Geo: 55.9503, -3.18761On the plane to Edinburgh, while I was eating my Clif bar, I thought how it was such a relief not to have to attempt communication in another language. Since Ireland in 2011, it's been Germany/Austria/Switzerland, Belgium & Holland, France, and Bulgaria, for all of which I tried to learn a little of the language. Not that I didn't get by just fine in those countries ... 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