Edinburgh

Im Land des Haggis

---

June 21st 2007
"For, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom -- for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself." (Declaration of Arbroath) Ach, da schlaegt das Braveheart doch gleich hoeher, oder? Willkommen zu einem Blogein ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Midlothian » Edinburgh

---

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 ear... ... read more