Beautiful views

Aye lassie

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July 14th 2006
Well, It's official...I love Scotland. It is cooler here, nice enough to walk around with just a t-shirt and jeans without feeling like you're melting. There hills all around and a "mountain" just near the dorm I'm staying in. To me, and anyone else from the Appalachians, it looks more like a bump than a mountain...but it is beautiful. Yesterday, we took a 4 hour train ride and arrived in the ... 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