Castle rock hostel

Scotland - on far too short a trip

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November 9th 2006
So, I'm out travelling again. This time in business, I'm going to a translators' conference here in Edinburgh, the stunning capital of Scotland. Or, as a guy put it in a pub in Aviemore last time I visited this place: "Edinbrrrrh? Tha's a dump." I didn't feel like arguing with him at that moment. He was a bit too tall and drunk for that. and, I never found so lovely mushrooms (kantareller) as 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