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London – Croydon for New Year’s, the British Museum, and the British Library
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London – Croydon for New Year’s, the British Museum, and the British Library

So… we finally left Christmas in Rome to fly to New Year’s in London.  We stayed at the Jurys Inn in Croydon, just south of London proper, so we didn’t have to pay the London prices for everything.  The hotel was wonderful and just a 20 minute train ride north to London and 20 minutes…

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Long Beach and a hidden gem – Sherman Library and Gardens

Long Beach, California appears to be a very much a “blue collar’ town.  What we can see of the port is full of working ship derricks and some gas and oil shipping facilities.  It reminds me very much of Tacoma’s no nonsense port.  Motels, even here, are very expensive along the coast, but we were…

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