Edinburgh may be the high point of royal Scottish culture, but to get a real dose of Scottish pride you got to see Glasgow.

If you go into some of the local pubs, the people are really friendly, they'll engage you in conversation and persuade you that Glasgow is the center of the world.

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves. Coming up, Scottish tour guide Anne Doig tells us how Glasgow has grown

beyond its blue-collar roots and makes an ideal base for exploring Scotland.

A few miles south, Roy Nichols unearth the sites of ancient Britain that you can visit today

from Roman-Build Hadrian's wall to mysterious Stonehenge.

Because it's more than just the stones.

There are dozens of different elements

that make up what we call ritual landscape.

And for a slice of ancient Roman life up close,

Nina Bernardo helps us plan a visit to Pompeii in Italy.

It's not just a pile of rubble, and you really get a chance to see how they constructed their buildings,

how they laid out their street patterns,

and how much of our civilization is based on Roman civilization.

Let's explore the world together.

It's Travel with Rick Steves.

If Stones could talk, what would they tell us?

Hi, I'm Rick Steeves.

Today on Travel with Rick Steeves, we'll hear how there's a story behind nearly every stone in the English countryside.

And we'll get tips on seeing First Century Pompeii frozen in time

after being buried with the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Let's start in Scotland.

While you just have to see Stately Edinburgh and venture into the romantically lonely

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