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A trip back in time
... defense against small pox, diphtheria, influenza, sexually transmitted diseases and other maladies caused more deaths than armed conflicts. Even if Columbus had disembarked peaceful farmers with the best of intentions, the indigenous people of America would have been devastated.
It was interesting to see the vast quantity of artifacts that have been discovered among the archaeological digs, which are still going on today. We closed ...
Return of the Mac... RIB!
... Blonde Culture. Also his accent is damn near impenetrable if you're not from Nottingham [ and sometimes, even if you are. I can only cut through the speed clutter because I've known him for so long ] which is, when he asked for Hi-C, he got Sweet Tea.
Which he did not care for.
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I've started to feel guilty on this trip because of the vast portions and the general lack of vegetables, or indeed real ...
America's Birthplace and The McRib
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Today we head deeper into Virginia towards the first ever permanent English Colony on American soil, en-route we went into Richmond to look at the 'small' Statue of Liberty
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Yorktown, Virginia Beach and Sand Sculptures
... England, Ireland, Bulgaria and the Netherlands, as well as the US. Some of the sculptures are by double teams and some are by solos. They had finished sculpting so we could see the finished sculptures. I took a load of photos - amazing.
On the way back to Williamsburg, after about 20 miles, we ran into a thunderstorm. Unfortunately it moved down to Virginia Beach and closed the festival early on Friday. Don't know what happened over the weekend.
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Colonial Williamsburg
Williamsburg was the capitol of Virginia from 1699 to 1980.
Colonial WIlliamsburg is a private foundation that preserves the historic distict of Williamsburg.
Some of the buildings are original, some are recreations of the originals.
They also do re-enactments of certain events that occurred during the revolutionary war.
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