Leaving our Edinburgh hotel

Off to London

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June 29th 2009
We got up a bit earlier this morning, and after breakfast at the hotel, walked our luggage through the streets the short distance to the train station. We arrived with lots of time to spare before our 10:30 train, and bought food for lunch at the Marks and Spencer's as well as checking out the book stores. The train platform was quite crowded, and at the last minute we found out we needed to be ... 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