Day 62 Shetland, Lerwick July 7th 2006 Day 62: Friday 7th July 2006: Misty still: It was very noisy in the hostel with a lot of people coming in late. We took a taxi ride to the big Smyril line ferry where on board people were smoking +++ to the Shetland Islands arriving at 9pm. We were in a 12 bed dorm - still OK. kitchen and dining room pretty good. Nice to be in an English speaking country where I can read the signs.
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Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Shetland Islands 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
My Cousin - in - Law and I like to travel. We are 21+ + but that does not stop us from seeing our world: staying in YHA places in earlier times and now staying in comfortable hotels or cruising. Hostels vary in comfort from country to country. In Scandinavia they were ****, in Scotland and Ireland * / **, especially the showers were -*.
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