The Royal Yacht Britannia

If you like eating Haggis and getting caught in the rain

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November 12th 2005
My Escape to Edinburgh! Last weekend (4-6 November) I went to Edinburgh to meet up with one of my old flatmates, Lauren, and seven of her friends. I took Friday off and caught my train at 11:00a up to Scotland. No problems at all with the train trip. Everything ran smoothly and I arrived at Edinburgh's Waverly Station at about 3:20p as expected. We stayed at [url=http://www.st-christ ... 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