You Can't Get in There Right Now

According to my plan we wouldn't be going through the castle until Sunday. I proposed buying the Historic Scotland Explorer Pass which would give us 3 days of admission to various historic sites. The pass had to be used within a 5 day period. Therefore with our last day in Scotland on Thursday I wanted to start usage of the pass on Sunday.

Day One of the Great Edinburgh Expedition

December 24th 2009
Flying over to Scotland was a breeze. Actually there was a definite lack of a breeze as the Gulf Stream seemed to have disappeared. El Niño was wreaking havoc with weather patterns both in the States and throughout Europe. Our pilot advised us shortly after takeoff that the flight would be at least an hour longer than normal because the usual Gulf Stream tailwind was absent. It hardl ... 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

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