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That's pretty close to where he lived as well so that sounds good.
Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Thought about Lewes but there's not a lot to see there apart from Paine's old house and the White Hart as mentioned.
I'm taking A2 kids to Berlin next year, which should be amazing/frustrating/terrifying.
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i reckon youll lose a good twenty percent on the way. damn those cheap beers, techno clubs, night shops everywhere. you wonder why anybody would want to live there..
btw, if yould like i could do a smallish architecture tour with them near brandenburger tor and unter den linden, reichstag usw. sounds like fun to me!
Rodolfo
Apparently the Washington statue at Trafalgar Square is placed on dirt shipped from his home in Virginia because he had sworn never to stand on British soil again. So that's a bit like taking them to America.
Richard Price (who's at Bunhill cemetery, and whose home is a museum now, I believe) is a lesser know figure well connected to the American revolution, as well as an important figure in regard to the British empire.