View of Edinburgh From the Castle

Scotland!

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August 29th 2006
In Glasgow we met a Hungarian man who knew it all. He knew that we were too young to travel, that vegetarians are crazy, that all young girls want to meet Scottish men and that we couldn't take care of ourselves. But his most incredible claim was that there was no point in exploring the world. He'd been there done that of course, only to discover that every street, every shop, every building, in f ... read more

Europe » United Kingdom » Scotland

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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