Edinburgh from Carlton Hill

Driving to Oxford

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September 1st 2007
Got up early this AM to take some pictures and stroll around the Old Town, then we headed south, stopping first at Roslyn Chapel. I believe this was featured prominently in the DaVinci Code, though I have never read said. The drive from Edinburgh to Oxford is around 350 miles, which is just a little longer distance than my drive from OH to Evansville was during college. The difference, of cou ... read more

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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