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If we hadn’t been so parsimoious when we built our railways, and only left enough height for a man with a top hat to stand up in an open third class truck, and only made our carriages as wide as … Continue reading
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Bodensee and the Birnau
Lake Constance, or the Bodensee, lies between Germany and Switzerland, with a little bit of Austria at one end. The Rhine flows in at the East, and out at the West, past Konstanz, and on to the famous falls at … Continue reading
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