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Day 59 – July 17, 2025 – Waterville, Ireland Met for breakfast at 8 am and we made the decision to go ahead and do laundry at the launderette at the gas station since the weather was crappy this morning. We went to Revolution Launderette, of which is a chain all over the UK, and […]

Day 58 – July 16, 2025 – Kinsale to Waterville, Ireland Took a walk this morning knowing we’d be in the car for quite a while today. Another great breakfast with homemade scones, yogurt and eggs/bacon. Grainne and Paddy have been wonderful hosts and have a beautiful house and do a great job. We would

Day 57 – July 15, 2025 – Kinsale, Ireland A great night’s sleep and a good breakfast with fresh yogurt and berries and I had porridge, and a boiled egg and John had an omelet. Grainne makes homemade scones and today was blueberry and they were delicious! We met a guy from Colorado and another

Day 56 – July 14, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland to Kinsale, Ireland We took a quick walk to Café Nero for a cappuccino and an espresso and then back to the hotel for breakfast. The four of us split all of the breakfast selections so we all were full and ready for the drive to

Day 55 – July 13, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland We were both able to sleep a little better and it was cooler so we could close the window and close the curtains. We shared a huge breakfast and then walked about 35 minutes to the bike shop located just outside Phoenix Park. We got E-bikes

Day 54 – July 12, 2025 – Dublin, Ireland So as expected, I did not sleep well at all due to the heat and the noise. The bar across the street had a singer until 1 am, so that didn’t help. John slept better than I did, but it was still disruptive. We met up

Day 53 – July 11, 2025 – Edinburgh, Scotland to Dublin, Ireland No big rush this morning as our flight was not until noon but did enjoy a good breakfast at the hotel. It’s about a 15-minute walk from the hotel to the airport so we headed out about 9:45 and quickly got through check-in

Day 52 – July 10, 2025 – Oban to Edinburgh, Scotland We got up around 6 am and then decided to take a walk around the town before meeting up for breakfast at 9. After breakfast, we got the car packed up and then headed out towards Stirling Castle, which is about a 2 ½

Day 51 – July 9, 2025 – Oban, Scotland We met up for breakfast around 8 am with plans to go see some castle ruins. We headed to Dunstaffnage Castle first and while there are only ruins, you can still walk through part of them. Built in the 13th century, Dunstaffnage Castle was constructed by

Day 50 – July 8, 2025 – Portree to Oban, Scotland We had another great breakfast from Lance and then headed out about 9:30 am to head to Fort William to catch the Jacobite Steam train. The drive was about 2 ½ hours from Portree and we stopped along the way at some scenic spots

Day 49 – July 7, 2025 – Portree, Scotland This morning, we had a great breakfast that Lance, the owner, prepared for us before we headed out for our drive around the Trotternish Peninsula Loop. We made a couple of stops for photo ops before stopping at the Old Man of Storr to do some

Day 48 – July 6, 2025 – Nairn to Portree, Scotland Another great breakfast from Rowena this morning! We got all packed up and then Vance made the drive from Nairn to Tain, where the Glenmorangie distillery is. Both the guys were excited about this, and they were able to split a small tasting and

Day 47 – July 5, 2025 – Nairn, Scotland We had a wonderful breakfast this morning, thanks to Rowena, and met a couple from England and another couple from London. I like meeting new people and talking with them and so does Michelle, so we really enjoyed our breakfast! Afterwards, we took a walk down

Day 46 – July 4, 2025 – Nairn, Scotland Happy Independence Day!!!! Had a great breakfast again at the hotel then we packed up and headed towards Nairn, which is about a 3 ½ drive. The drive to Blair Castle is near Pitlochry and was about 1 ½ hours so it was a nice break

Day 45 – July 3, 2025 – Edinburgh, Scotland After another great breakfast this morning, we met up with our guide, Sam (female), for a walking tour of the Royal Mile. The tour lasted about 3 hours, and Sam took us to different little places along the mile with lots of stories and history. It