Downtown Edinburgh
It was 6:00 pm when we rolled into the center of Edinburgh. Our hotel, the Cairn Hotel, was on the outskirts of the theater district. It wasn't the most interesting part of town but it was on a rather quiet side street. The hotel itself was rather old and a little worn. But scaffolding outside my bedroom window told me they were at least trying to modernize the place. The bed was comfortable and the bathroom was clean. If only there were some air conditioning. Once again we were back in the hot, hot city.
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 
