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| Some Favorite
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| Richard Copley |
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| Viewed from the
pedestrian overpass, the railway station at Rye on
England's southern coast looks like a toy train depot. |
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| Quaint, modest houses
line cobbled streets in Rye where, for
centuries,smuggling was the chief industry. |
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| Opulence prevails in
the manor house at Wrest Park, the home of the first Duke
of Kent. |
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| Each day, preciously at
noon, the ball on the roof of Greenwich Observatory drops
as a signal for sailors to set their navigational
chronographs. |
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| Greenwich Observatory
serves the duel purpose of being the zero point for the
World's time zones and its longitudinal lines.. |
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| Mary Ann stands on the
Prime Meridian, where the measurement of time and
longitude begin. |
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| Saint Paul's Cathedral
appears to grow larger with each step as pedestrians
cross the Thames on London's Millennium Bridge. |
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| A few of the many
turrets and towers at Windsor Castle |
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| Windsor Castle has over
1000 rooms spread over acres of land. |
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| Swans on the Thames
near Windsor Castle |
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| The Romans settled in
Bath, England because of the abundence of mineral water. |
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| The thirteen carved
heads that ring the perimeter of the Sheldonian Theatre
are an iconic feature of Oxford University |
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| With evidence of
teaching as early as 1096, Oxford is the oldest
university in the English-speaking world. |
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| Bodleian Library,
Oxford University |
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| A view of the Seine
winding through Paris from atop the Eiffel Tower |
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| Paris's iconic landmark
from a boat on the Seine |
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| Notre Dame from the
Seine |
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| From our hotel balcony
in Paris, we could oversee the Rue Monge and the little
sidewalk cafe where we ate dinner |
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| Over-the-top elegance
is everywhere at the Palace of Versailles just outside
Paris |
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| The Hall of Mirrors in
the Palace of Versailles |
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| Meanwhile, back home,
life is a little more basic |
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| Harness racing at the
county fair |
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| 1938 Ford root beer
truck, family owned and operated since it was new - a
perennial at the county fair, and the source of my annual
root beer float. |
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| This same scene, with
dried corn in the foreground field, is on a previous
page. |
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| General Grant's
headquarters at City Point, Virginia |
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| Upper level of the
Virginia State Capitol Building |
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| Statue of George
Washington in the rotunda of the Virginia State Capitol
Building |
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