Edinburgh Castle Looking Up

Edinburgh Continued

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February 28th 2010
Hello from Edinburgh! Arrived in the City on Friday afternoon to a wet, blustery day. Got out my trust umbrella and proceeded to drag my gigantic bag up the cobble roads trying to find my hostel. At one point I stopped to put my gloves on and had my open umbrella in the cruck of my arm when a huge gust of wind came through took my umbrella with it.....it proceeded to blow across the road, hit 2 ... 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