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kchavarria_2006 — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 15:12:35 MDT

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Tara- the Ice Queen!

London

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I arrived in London, as any Hogwarts student would, by train in the King's Cross Station!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:09:24 MDT

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the London Eye

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massive Ferris wheel that is really a moving "observation tower"

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:09:07 MDT

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getting on the eye (Big Ben in the background)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:58 MDT

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inside the Eye

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:51 MDT

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looking out at Buckingham Palace, with the Trooping of the Colour going on

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:41 MDT

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Parliament from above

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:22 MDT

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it was the Queen's birthday, so they trooped the colour for her over there

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:13 MDT

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Remember remeber, the 5th of November...

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:08:04 MDT

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looking out at the financial district of London

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:54 MDT

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the Thames River

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:39 MDT

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a statue of Dali's clock!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:32 MDT

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the Eye from the bridge going over to Parliament

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:23 MDT

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Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:12 MDT

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Guy Fawkes must be turning in his grave whenever someone takes a picture of the building he failed to blow up

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:07:04 MDT

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the Horse gate

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:56 MDT

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named for these Horse mounted policemen guards

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:48 MDT

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love the giant furry hats

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:41 MDT

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look! A double-deckered bus! I thought they were just in movies!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:34 MDT

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along their Mile, looking towards Buckingham palace

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:25 MDT

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looking towards the Naval gate

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:17 MDT

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to honor my first visit to London, they staged a fly-over!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:08 MDT

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wasn't that nice of them (they did not want Edinburgh to out-do them)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:06:01 MDT

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sweet WWII planes

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:05:54 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:05:47 MDT

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whoah! Red white and blue first made me feel patriotic, then noticed that I was looking at a massive french flag in the sky, then realized the UK also shares those colors

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:05:38 MDT

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Buckingham palace

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mounted policeman

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the palace, right after the Queen and princes went inside for tea after the flyover

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:05:03 MDT

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cool statue the kids like to play on in this park

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:54 MDT

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oh Your Highness...please comeback out for one final wave! I am the guest of honor for this ceremony and we have not met yet!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:46 MDT

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they charged you to sit on these lawnchairs, ridiculous

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:37 MDT

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this gate to the park is also Navy headquarters

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:29 MDT

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Trafalgar square

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:20 MDT

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Art Museum (apparently those steps are where the guy feeds the pigeons in Marry Poppins)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:10 MDT

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giant monument to Nelson in Trafalgar sqaure

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:04:04 MDT

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George Washington

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:03:55 MDT

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Charlie Chaplin

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:03:41 MDT

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Here we are having "Afternoon-Tea" at fancy Fortnum and Masons! Left to right: Uncle Mike, Aunt Elma, Tara, Amy, Toby and Me

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:03:33 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:03:20 MDT

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Piccadilly Circus

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:03:11 MDT

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Waterloo train/underground station. Where I trained in to London every day I was there.

Stonehenge

kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:03:02 MDT

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You guessed it!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:54 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:45 MDT

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actually, the "henge" is that pit that goes in a circle around the stones

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:37 MDT

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the "henge" is that part you can see where the grass is a different color and it dips down a bit

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:28 MDT

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most famous pile of rocks of all time

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:19 MDT

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I say it was aliens

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:10 MDT

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got to get it from every angle

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:02:01 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:53 MDT

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a good shot of the henge, and the stones (with the sacrificial stone on the right)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:45 MDT

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definitely aliens

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:37 MDT

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burial mounds off in the distance

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:28 MDT

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a thistle! Scottish invasion!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:19 MDT

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close up of a burial mound

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:10 MDT

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some very, very ancient kings are buried in these

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:01:01 MDT

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famous Camden Market

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:53 MDT

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made up of a bunch of smaller, really quirky markets like this one right along the canal here

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:45 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:26 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:16 MDT

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they continue in that direction, selling everything you can imagine (and things you surely don't know exist)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:00:04 MDT

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:53 MDT

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the Tower Bridge!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:43 MDT

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the Tower of London from across the Thames

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:34 MDT

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financial district

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:59:27 MDT

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we make our approach to the Tower from the Tower Bridge...how clever...

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:52 MDT

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looking inside the bloody Tower of London

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:43 MDT

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(inside the Tower) where they keep the Ultimate Bling: the Crown Jewels of the British Empire

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:33 MDT

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the spot where they used to behead all of the famous criminals (and Kings, and wives of Henry VIII)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:25 MDT

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here is the spot where the stage and first ever "chopping block" once stood

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:16 MDT

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another part of the Tower (the "Tower" is actually a large caste-like compound)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:58:07 MDT

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here is me with the main tower behind me

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:57 MDT

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there it is, it is in the center of the castle

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:47 MDT

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a torture where they smashed you

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a torture where they stretched you

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the Torture Chamber

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the Ravens (they were huge, mean looking suckers)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:13 MDT

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the Raven compound from the main tower

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from outside the Tower

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:56 MDT

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hahahahahahaha

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:41 MDT

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inside the British Museum: an Easter Island statue!

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:34 MDT

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mummified by sand person

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:25 MDT

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mummified cat

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:18 MDT

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the ROSETTA STONE!

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inside the massive museum- home to the most famous stolen artifacts of our day

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:56:02 MDT

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inside Covent Garden

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outside of Covent Garden

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:55:38 MDT

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looking down the Thames with a thunderstorm approaching

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:55:31 MDT

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the Eye, Parliament

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:55:23 MDT

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the train station in the town my Aunt and her family live where I caught the train to go into London every day (hour trip)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:55:07 MDT

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famous store

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:54:58 MDT

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Marble Arch (contruction, always construction...)

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kchavarria_2006 — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:54:46 MDT

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Hyde Park

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Speakers Corner (was not there on Sunday, so did not get to hear anyone speak)