Highland Cooo impersonation

Scotland

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June 22nd 2009
Apart from changing continents, I’m trying my best to avoid taking flights from city to city. Following the advice I got from the seat61.com website, I got myself from Belfast in Ireland to Edinburgh in Scotland using the train and ferry, instead of spending 50 minutes in the air and not seeing anything apart from yet another airport and some clouds below. The cost was compartable (31 pounds, ... 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