Sunday, September 23, 2018

In summary

We  left Edinburgh before dawn and had some final fun dodging tragedies on the way to drop off the car at the airport.  Paul and I took a plane "with propellers" across the Irish Sea to Dublin  to catch  our modern jet back to Newark and finally KC.  It was nice to be back in Dublin, even for a few hours.

London was fun but there was more that I would like to see there someday.  Being at Wimbledon was a dream come true and made up for the fact that Big Ben was under construction and hidden from view and Westminster closed the day we visited.  It was so much fun to watch Paul on the Rock and Roll tour and we recommend this to rock music fans.

Words cannot express the beauty of the Scottish Highlands and I learned a lot about this region and some of the people I come from.  It was just one big piece of eye candy along the way.   What truly made the trip was being with our dear friends, Tom and Cynthia.  Back in the days of yore, we talked about such a trip we would take someday while hanging out in our beloved off campus dive, Mike's Tavern.  After the five kids collectively from both of our families out of the house and about 35 years later, we had the time for this amazing journey.  I hope there will be another one before three more decades pass.  Thanks so much for including us, it was so much fun.

Paul often teases that I take him off to "cold and rainy islands" to chase strands of my DNA and bring the places I've read and dreamed about to life.  I promise to get you to your DNA trail in Germany or a "warm and dry" region in the near future.  Of course I say this as I'm looking into Northern Ireland holiday packages because I still have some history to chase there... Anyway, you make my dreams come true.

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In summary

We  left Edinburgh before dawn and had some final fun dodging tragedies on the way to drop off the car at the airport.  Paul and I took a pl...