HMY Britannia

Sails and Stirling

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June 19th 2008
Thursday 19th June Eileen probably sighed with relief (to discover that we really were human) when we finally arrived with the other patrons for breakfast. She provided a full English breakfast, and very nice it was too! We spent quite a bit of the morning packing two very large boxes to send gifts, and other items we had purchased along the way, back home. Eileen allowed us to leave the ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland

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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