Scotland and the Fringe 004

My Jaunt through Scotland and off to Switzerland!

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August 15th 2008
This morning I finally departed TASIS, summer number four. I decided to rent a car and drive to Edinburgh, Scotland. Although I knew it was a 7 hour drive, I did not know that I would see about 1000 sheep (and I am NOT exaggerating!!!) nor did I know I would be driving a stick shift Shodar (a kind of car which I named Shroeder from the Peanuts) on a two way road in the back hills of Scotland, be ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland » Midlothian » Edinburgh

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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