Hello! (Kate here) So I'm blogging to you from Glasgow, Scotland. It's a fairly big city, and it's not-so-clean. I'm not a big fan, but the internet is free so hey, I'll take it. Let's see if I can remember where I left off. Two days ago, we left Edinburgh and drove into the Scottish Highlands. Lots of sheep...really cute, and some funny looking Highland Cows. We stayed at a little Bed and Breakfast which was gorgeous (pictures to come when I burn another CD). Then we left there this morning and drove past Loch Ness and Loch Lommond into Glasgow. [View Full Entry]

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Scotland is BEAUTIFUL! We arrived here in Edinburgh yesterday. It's so interesting to see crazy medieval architecture right next to posh, modern shopping centers. Yesterday, on the drive here, we stopped at Hadean's Wall, a wall built by the Romans in 122 AD. There isn't much left of it, but it was still neat to see and touch something that is SO old. Last night, we attended a Scottish show, complete with kilts and tartans and bagpipes. During intermission, we had a haggas/whiskey toast. I wasn't excited for EITHER of these two things, but when in Rome, eh? Haggas didn't taste [View Full Entry]

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Yes please! Ok, so we headed over to Kilkenny after Dublin and rode on our first train, which was amazing. I am now in love with train rides; they are comfy and you have a table to play cards on! So Kilkenny is a really Irish town that it is very small with a bad ass castle. We did a tour of this castle (after taking a tour of the castle grounds, which we both took the opportunity to pee on our first castle!) and during this tour we came upon a huge marble table. Whilst Dillon was sitting upon this [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! Kate here, typing to you from England! We arrived in London at about 11:30 AM on June 13. Our plane left late because of quite a few problems. (Ian, I'm sure you can imagine how I felt about that situation, hahaha), one of which was that they couldn't turn the cabin lights off. So we flew the entire 10+ hours with ALL of the lights on. Impossible to sleep. That day, we took the bus into the tourist-y part of town which included Westminster Abby, Big Ben, Parliament, and the London Eye. It took us over an hour to [View Full Entry]

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Ok so we were running on 40 hrs with maybe 20 min of sleep. So we were dead... but then we met some guys back at the hostel about dillons age and they convinced us to go to the pubs. so we did some bar hopping i had a 17$ jameson and coke and dillon and 60$ in beer. you must think us crazy ya? know the irish are crazy for charging so damn much! the cheapest thing we could find was bananas and chips then 5$ us small hamburger. it is killing us. dillon looked at me today and shook [View Full Entry]

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We are in Dublin now safe and sound and we already love it! Time to go get a pint and some pub fare though! Fill you in on everything when everything happens! [View Full Entry]

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Today was our "Bon Voyage" barbecue at Ian's house. We didn't have as many people show up as we had expected, but it was still a great time! Thanks to everyone who came out for it! I'm really only posting this entry because it will be my first time posting pictures on here, and I want some practice. :D So enjoy! [View Full Entry]

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So I know I posted already about where we're traveling but here's the official breakdown with dates. The first two weeks, I'll be with my mom: June 12-14: London June 15-16: Edinburgh, Scotland June 17-18: Scottish Highlands (Loch Ness) June 19: Glasgow, Scotland June 20: Wales June 21: Bath, Stonehenge, Salisbury, London June 22-24: London Now I'll meet up with Dillon and Ian: June 24-25: London, England June 25-26: Brussels, Belgium June 26-28: Bruges, Belgium June 28- July 1: Amsterdam, The Netherlands July 1-6: Dro, Italy (with Ian's family) Now Dillon takes off for Sp [View Full Entry]

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Hi everyone! Kate here. According to my little internet countdown on my myspace, I officially have 6 days, 18 hours, 2 minutes, and 52 seconds before my plane leaves London-bound. In these last few days at home, Ian and I have A LOT scheduled. Today is Dillon's graduation from high school. Tomorrow, the two of them have to drive to LA because of what has become the first unforeseen mini-disaster of our trip. Dillon's passport is expired. Apparently, they both got their passports along with their parents some time ago, but Dillon was so young that his was only good for [View Full Entry]

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Hey all! So it's Kate again. I decided I'd blog about the top 10 sights I'm most looking forward to seeing/things I'm looking forward to doing, mostly for me to look back on later and see what I actually thought about each one. Also, to get feedback from any of you who have beenthere/donethat with any of these places and have any tips or suggestions. These aren't really in any particular order. It's difficult to order something like this. #10: Stonehenge; England So I know that everyone who's been there says Stonehenge is kinda small and not-so-interesting, but it's just one [View Full Entry]

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