The Wallace Monument

Touring the South of Scotland

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July 7th 2014
We woke up early to get to the bus tour that we would be embarking on that day. We arrived to our pick-up site completely opposite to regular van der Veen fashion, early! Our guide, a very small eccentric storyteller, greeted us in-front of a bar located in a quaint part of old Edinburgh. The 9-hour trip took us through some of the attractions of Southern Scotland. Our first stop was Stirling c ... 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