Edinburgh Castle

Scotland: Day 2

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September 17th 2016
Saturday morning we were supposed to wake up in time for breakfast that ran from 8:00am to 8:45am. That did not happen. We just couldn't get up. We all slept right up until 10:00am, and I honestly think it was needed. I woke up feeling so much better. By 11:00am we were on a bus into the city. We realized that there was one main road, what we later learned was called the Royal Mile, and everythin ... 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