Background: Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the earth's surface. The first half of the 20th century saw the UK's strength seriously depleted in two World Wars. The second half witnessed the dismantling of the Empire and the UK rebuilding itself into a modern and prosperous European nation. As one of five permanent members of the UN Security Council, a founding member of NATO, and of the Commonwealth, the UK pursues a global approach to foreign policy; it currently is weighing the degree of its integration with continental Europe. A member of the EU, it chose to remain outside the Economic and Monetary Union for the time being. Constitutional reform is also a significant issue in the UK. The Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales, and the Northern Ireland Assembly were established in 1999, but the latter is suspended due to bickering over the peace process.
July 22nd 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye I have been working a lot lately. On my days off I have been wondering around exploring Edinburgh. It is so amazing here. I love being in this city. I have found some cute little street and pubs. I ha ... [full story]
July 29th 2006Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye In the end we decided on going to Armadale Castle. Well, not exactly. It was decided for us. Upon further investigation of the bus timetable - a lengthy tome to be sure, we found that the only bus ... [full story]
July 28th 2006Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye We took the train to Mallaig, ferry to Armadale and then the bus to Kyleakin. Frankly it was as easy as that. The Scottish Freedom Pass we have just lets you use pretty much any public transport tha ... [full story]
May 31st 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye Today we explored the Isle of Skye. We left at 9:30 Highland time - which means around 9:45. The first place we visited was a stream called Sligichan that is between the Black and Red Cullien Mounta ... 18 photos[full story]
May 30th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye We did not get a whole lot of sleep last night since we were updating our blog into the wee hours of the morning. We were up late because the internet somehow became free. That was after we had alre ... 9 photos[full story]
May 31st 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye Yes I recently discovered Highlanding is maybe not in my blood...The genetics are just not there. My legs are too short!! Not adaptable for those steep climbs, and also if i ever tried to wear a kilt, ... [full story]
May 21st 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye Today we need to catch a ferry from the mainland to isle of Skye so we got up around 8, quickly ate breakfast and were on our way. We went through the Cullin mountains and stopped at the Cullin river ... [full story]
May 19th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye Well, a hello from the Isle of Skye!
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Early on Saturday morning, after lounging about on the grass in Edinburgh, we decided to jump on a train and head ... somewhere.
We weren't really sure ... [full story]
May 3rd 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye Our first glimpse of Edinburgh from the air is of green fields, hills and the Firth of Forth with its two impressive bridges stretching across it. These are some of the few hills that we’ve see ... 7 photos[full story]
April 20th 2008Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Isle of Skye » Portree Leaving Cardiff for the last time was an exhilerating experience- the only thing that we were sad about was leaving behind all of the awesome people that we had become friends with over our year in Ca ... 8 photos[full story]
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