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    youre tired of London, you re tired of life Samuel Johnson.ow can one tire of the walk across London Bridge with the Big Ben & Westminster welcome....

    Or the neighborhood pubswith famous writers in theirpast . Sir Arthur ConanDoyle lived above this pub.The spine-chilling walkingtour of the Sherlock

    Holmes tales fittinglybegins and ends here. Ledby a Sherlock (of sorts)across cobblestonestreets, gaslit lamps, andgory details. I dare say,cant get better than thatdear Watson .

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    Who can tire of thePARKS for punting,walking, theater, riding.Shakespeare waspopular (our choice

    below) but the realcrowd centered aroundthe London Premiereof Eclipse withwild-eyed screamingteeny -boppersawaiting Jacob theWerewolf and Edwardthe Vampire. ... hello?4 city blocks wereblocked off and the red

    carpet was as big asthe academy awards!

    Or the Royals ... still filling the tabloids...and their royal guard still standinggallantly (and tolerantly) as every touristpops pictures. (Methinks: How hot hemust be - it was 90 F in London).

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    Or the intellectual --Oxford, Cambridge,Royal Institutes,financial Institutes.There are scholars for

    every walk of life. Ourscholar (Peter) was akid in a candy shopdiscussing everythingfrom China/India, toliterature, to transitioneconomies to history.His presentation tocolleagues at St.Hughes CollegeInternational

    Conference was a HIT!He discovered severalnew research partners.(Darn, that meansmore work/less play onthis gig;I also forgot totake his picture duringpresentation - as youcan see Im not thephotographer).Dr. Kerry Brown (upper

    left), well-known ChinaScholar with the RoyalInstitute gave us agreat interview. Thestatistics rolled off thetop of his head relatingto Chinese banks,labor, currency, party,infrastructure, history,and future -- made mewonder how a brain

    could be that full. Aserious scholar .

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    ont forget the PARTIES! .... Bands, Brats, Beer, and LOTS of Canadians for Canada Daybviously the Canadian economy is doing a farthing or two better than its parent witnessed by thectThe Canadians rented the ENTIRE central LondonTrafalgar Square for Canada Day! Julywas the same weekend, needless to say, it is NOT celebrated, nor discussed, in England!

    nd the day at Radcliffe Camera and Bodlianbrary of Oxford. Since Henry VIII studiedre it has EVERY book ever printed in

    ngland - and even HE could not check themt. I made a study of fine wines in its gardenb at the foot of this hedge:)

    n to Berlin.