Up up and away

Welcome to Edinburgh!

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January 6th 2007
I’m here! I am completely jet-lagged and exhausted, but very happy! My travel went very smoothly, even though there were some unexpected delays. The flight out of JFK was delayed for about an hour and forty minutes because of bad weather and congestion. I sat next to a guy named Amador who was on his way from Puerto Rico, where he had been visiting family, to Germany, where he is stationed a ... 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