... cold and beer hot, but that was not true. In 1834 the trading of tea was a great profit for Great Britain. Before tea became popular everyday drinks consisted of water, which was not real safe, milk, wine, ale, beer or cider. During the industrial revolution, Great Britain ... died of malnutrition. Shortly after this period the most universal food in Europe was raised bread. It was introduced as a meal staple, especially for the poor. Bread became a standard table setting from the Dark Ages to the Renaissance. Another food staple was potato. They were inexpensive, easy ... sold for gener...

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... Spanish Steps which we had heard so much about. It had a great "Barcaccia" fountain at the bottom. After making some wishes and tossing coins into the water fountain, we walked down to this major shopping district that we saw from the base of the steps where we found every fashion designer in Rome along Via Condotti ... some of the words in Italian are similar to French and English words, we did not find it that hard to get around from place to place. The Italians seemed like very friendly people. When I was at the souvenir shop, I noticed that there was no "consumer-power- in Italy when ...

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