Edinburgh

Edinburgh #1: The Castle and Calton Hill

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August 8th 2016
I arrived around lunchtime as my train had only taken about an hour and a half. It was about a ten minute walk from the station to my hostel. I was staying in the New Town area. My hostel was a bit of a dump, but it was one of the cheapest places I could find, £15 a night for a ten bed dorm. Some places were charging crazy prices as unfortunately my trip coincided with the fringe festival. I deci ... 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