The abbey cloisters

God's Country

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September 16th 2006
God’s Country is a Scottish name for all of the Highlands, but our destination today particularly deserves this designation. The island of Iona is the most beautiful place I’ve ever been, and it also has a thriving religious community. It’s one of those wonderful unspoiled places that you read about in fairy tales and wish still existed. From Oban’s harbour, we took a ferry to the I ... 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