Lanark – August 2nd 2017 I wasn’t exactly thrilled to walk around an old cemetery. I’ve never thought of them to be places to hang out (just like the rest of the worlds population I’m sure). But we were driving to a small town called Lanark to check one out. This was a town where...
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Back to Edinburgh – August 1st 2017 So, Oban was a very comfy sleep. The hostels have the most comfy bunks and big warm duvets. I felt like a queen. Perhaps it was because for a couple days, I had been sharing a double bed with an 8 and 12 year old…another story, another day....
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Oban – July 31st 2017 Oban? Where, what, why?? Oban is a little town in the highlands that we found. As we were searching for an airbnb in the highlands, nothing was really coming up. We looked into hotels, all full. Hostels, 1 left!!!! The hostel was in a small town called, Oban. We decided...
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Edinburgh – July 29th – 30th 2017 Edinburgh Scotland was up next. A quick 45 min flight from Belfast and we were in the next country. No Airbnb this time! Mark’s Mom’s cousin, John offered to have us stay with him and his son Michael. Our first day was spent sprawled out and relaxing, meeting...
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Giant’s Causeway Tour – July 28th 2017 Our tour bus was to leave at 9:15, so we took our time. WELLLLL, at 8:50 we got on the bus and were the last ones on and from all the looks and the driver not letting Mark off to quickly grab a charger from our room upstairs,...
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Belfast – July 27th 2017 We arrived in Belfast on the bus and made our way to our hostel. Yup, trying something new. Airbnb was a tad out of our price range for the city at this time of year so the hostel won out this time. It was great. Communal sitting area, clean and...
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Dublin – July 24th to 27th 2017 Dublin, oh Dublin you party animal city you! We stayed in the city for 3 nights and we were booked into an Airbnb that I thought would be central and big enough. Yeah, it was central all right. Right smack in the middle of Temple Bar. The busy...
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Blarney Stone! – July 24th 2017 We couldn’t come all the way to Ireland and not visit the Blarney Stone! I’m not entirely sure why it was a place I insisted on taking the family, but for a while now, the thought of the Blarney Stone has really intrigued me. The areas surrounding the castle...
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First full day in Ireland – July 23rd 2017 Today was to be an adventure day. The Cliffs of Moher were on the list. These cliffs reach as high as 700 feet. In a picture it looks like a long way down. In person, it is a terrifyingly long way down! We arrived and walked...
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Off to Ireland – July 22nd 2017 Our first real long travel day experience was not so WOW. With a 6:20am flight we were up at just after 3am to get ready to go. Kids (and us) barely slept. Flight was delayed a tad and WOW air didn’t really wow us. We arrived into Dublin...
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