Get out of town and explore the nearby sights
General: Sidetrip
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Seeing the best of Britain beyond London on sidetrips, excursions, and guided day trips
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Ride a hot air balloon above Bath at sunrise or sunset with Champagne after
Get out of town and explore the nearby sights
Seeing the best of Britain beyond London on sidetrips, excursions, and guided day trips
Ride a hot air balloon above Bath at sunrise or sunset with Champagne after
Harrods of London installed a novelty in 1898: the world's first true escalator (to be fair, an inclined moving belt with metal bars for traction did make its debut two years earlier on Coney Island). The oddness of a moving staircase so unnerved many shoppers that employees were stationed near it with smelling salts and cognac to help revive those overcome with fear.
