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Depression is starting to set in ....

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October 21st 2006
Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236Woke up and had a crappy breakfast at the hostel. Off to Somerset House and the Courtauld Gallery. I had thought that it was free every day before 14:00, but it turns out that it's only on Sundays. I didn't feel like paying for that, but I would have paid for the Hermitage Rooms (a branch of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg). However, they were closed for preparatio ... 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