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Today we woke up in Oban and had a nice breakfast before heading off again. This time we are returning to Edinburgh for the night before we head home tomorrow, but we planned some stops along the way back. The first was to Glen Coe which was the site of the 1692 massacre where the […]

Today we got up and were out the door by 9am as usual. We area heading to the Loch Ness in the Scotland Highlands which is quite a little drive from Edinburgh. There are lots and lots of winding roads in Scotland and I’m pretty sure we traveled them all. We stopped in a few […]

This morning start much like our others. Up and downstairs and ready to board the bus at 9am. However, this time we did not have Brian joining us. Instead our local guide Shawna boarded and gave us a guided tour with Arthur at the wheels of the bus. We drove to the “New Town” part […]

Not sure how this blog post is going to work because the wifi is touchy at best. But, we’ll see how it goes. We got up EARLY this morning…5:00am, breakfast at 5:45am, and then on the bus and out the door at 6:15am. We had to catch the ferry from Belfast to Stranraer in Scotland. […]

Today we left about 9am again. However, some of us were tired from the previous evenings adventures. Luckily a bus ride gave us time for a nap. We stopped along the way at a gas station to spend the last of our Euro coins. We are going to Belfast in Northern Ireland and they use […]

We started the day by boarding the bus at 9am and heading out with our city tour guide Kay. She was full of wonderful information as we toured the city. Did you know that while Dublin only has 1.4 million residents, it has the same number of taxi cabs as New York City. She pointed […]

Today we got up and had a nice breakfast, finish packing up, loaded up the bus, and took off. At the end of the day, we’ll be in Dublin, but a few stops along the way. First was to Blarney Castle in Blarney. Brian told us that in the castle was started in the 10th […]

We got up on our own….wasn’t hard since I didn’t sleep as much as I might have liked. The no A/C is a bummer for someone like me who doesn’t do hot well. But, breakfast was good with eggs and toast!! We got a little late start, but headed off to tour the Ring of […]

The trip started off kind of like a previous adventure….our flight out of Indianapolis was delayed. We boarded the flight and then were told we had about a 30 minute delay before take off. We learned something new that if someone wants off the plane, they have to take them back to the gate. We […]

This is the part of the summer I love most….for the last three summers I’ve been lucky enough to venture overseas as part of the C.L.A.S.S. professional development trips. This summer we’re off to Ireland/Scotland tomorrow. It should be a wonderful adventure and as always I hope to do a daily travelogue here. Of course, […]