Glencoe

Glencoe

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January 25th 2007
Today Uncle John, Aunt May and Aunt Elaine took me for a gorgeous scenic drive through real snowy mountains, I have never seen anything like it before, amazing. Snow covered mountains surrounded me. We wound through the hills till we got to Glencoe, an amazing site surrounded by sprawling hills and rich in wildlife. It was also the sight of a massacre centuries ago. Ever since I got to Scotland 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