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City of Edinburgh

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September 6th 2018
After taking the red-eye flight to Edinburgh, we took in a lot for the first day in this wonderfully quaint town, which became the capital of Scotland in the 15th C. Needless to say, we’re slowly recovering from jet lag. On Wed, we checked into our centrally located ‘home-hotel’ for 2 nights, the modernized Scotsman Hotel. This was the former headquarters for the Scotsman newspaper for abo ... 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