After a leisurly fairwell to Francesco’s Full English Breakfast We said good by to our friends at the Alhambra and …
Category: British Isles 2018
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The first phase of this trip was a Road Scholar program in southern Ireland – Mainly Cork and Dublin with run outs to various famous sites. Following that program we hopped over to London for a few days. We were accompanied on this venture by our good friends and traveling companions Steve and Billie.
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Day 17 – 9/11 – Oh the Screw may Twist and the Rack may Turn
Today was Tower of London day. We tubed over, picked up our “skip the line” tickets. (Of course, at that …
Day 16 – 9/10 – Westminster and Whitehall
The day started (after breakfast, of course) with a trip to Westminster Abbey. It’s interesting to view the Parliament/Abbey complex …
Day 15 – 9/9 – British Museum
The museum doesn’t open till 10:00 so we had a nice relaxing morning. Rather than taking the underground (There isn’t …
Day 14 – 9/8 – London Day 2 – Back on the Bus
Early morning this morning so we snarled a quick breakfast and hit the tube down to Victoria Station to meet …
Day 13 – 9/7 – London Day 1 – Christopher Robin went down with Alice
First a note. Cheryl has posted comments on days 6-11. Much information that I left out. They make for interesting …
Day 12 – 9/6 – Off to London
Today was transit day. We were up, breakfasted, packed, and on the bus to the airport in good time – …
Day 11 – 9/5 – Around Dublin Day 2
Today we were totally free until the fairwell dinner so we decided to take a civilized approach to the day. …
Day 10 – 9/4 – Around Dublin Day 1
Following Breakfast we gathered in the lobby with our fearless leader Alan. Once the headcount was right we headed out …
Day 9 – 9/3 – Waterford and on to Dublin
The alarm went off. We threw our bedclothes in the suitcases and had them outside our door by 7:30. After …