Arthur's Seat

Edinburgh at Last

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October 5th 2019
We must have had a heck of a tailwind because Sara said we were an hour early arriving in Edinburgh. Still a 6 hour flight and it's darned near impossible to sleep well sitting up. Outside the airport it was cool and breezy as we walked to catch the tram to our hotel on Waterloo Place. We bought tickets (good through Monday) for the hop-on-hop-off buses along with entry tickets ... 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