a very friendly Viking

a touch of Scotland

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June 20th 2016
We only stopped in the 3 ports for about 8 hours a day but it did give a taste and sound of Scotland. The brogue was titillating especially on the hearty bearded Viking males. Shetlandwas the best with the countryside tour: the ponies, the seals, the oyster catchers, and the sheep everywhere you looked. As we passed fields it was hard to distinguish whether the fields were dotted with hundr ... 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