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My favorite sight in London:
the Parliament building and Big Ben.
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The famous Tower Bridge. |
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Buckingham Palace, where the Queen lives. |
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A palace guard. |
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Another place we spent a lot of time: the tube! |
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The White Tower at the center of the Tower of London complex |
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Henry VIII's suit of armor.
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Off with his head! |
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The British Museum in London had a wonderful
collection of Egyptian artifacts. Here are some mummies. |
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This is the famous Rosetta Stone from 196BC.
It was the key to being able to read Egyptian writing.
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The Elgin Marbles, collected from ruins
of the Parthenon in Greece.
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Blenheim Palace was built for the Duke of Marlborough in 1722.
Sir Winston Churchill was born here in 1874 when his mother
was visiting the palace. The palace was beautiful! |
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What a yard! |
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There were sheep all over the grounds at Blenheim Palace. |
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The famous Stonehenge.
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A cottage with a thatched roof in Avebury.
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Tasting beer at the Smoking Dog pub in Malmesbury.
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Hadrian's Wall is a 1900-year-old fortification
that originally ran from coast to coast across northern England, marking
the northern boundary of the Roman Empire.
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Holy Island, off the East Coast of northern England,
can be reached only during low tide. At high tide, the road is under water. In
the distance is 16th-century Lindisfarne Castle.
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The changing of the guards at Edinborough Castle.
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The ruins of Urquhart Castle on the shore of Loch Ness.
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A lone bagpiper among the ruins.
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There were lambs all over Scotland. They were so cute!
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