The Armory

Day 9: Newcastle

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September 7th 2008
It started raining yesterday while we were on the train from Edinburgh to Newcastle, and it hasn’t stopped. Despite the rain, Liz and Eric, friends of my father, picked us up at the hostel this morning and we set out to see some castles. Bamburgh and Alnwick were on our schedule, but unfortunately the roads to Alnwick were closed and so we only managed to see Bamburgh today. The drive to the cas ... 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