When we arrived in Dublin on Tuesday night, we went out and got dinner at an "authentic" American diner, because all the pubs that were serving food had stopped serving an hour before we arrived. When we got back to the hostel we decided we were exhausted and decided to take it easy and go to bed around 10 so that we would be rested and ready for Wednesday. Wednesday our day began by finding the Jameson Distillery where we had a tour scheduled for...

Hello All! Alright, here's the deal - I've been meaning to post all week but I've been sick, busy and exhausted so now that we've decided NOT to travel this weekend at all (best decision ever) I can actually post and feel like I'm using my time well. I'm going to do this in an easy format: 1 blog for London, 1 for Ireland and 1 for Scotland. Enjoy! London Day 1: 14 February 2008 We arrived in London around 11pm and checked into The County Hotel - ma...

Hello All! I've returned safely from my travels to London, Dublin, Edinburgh and Glasgow and am currently attempting to sort through my 275 pictures to put some up. I'll hopefully get that done tonight. Tomorrow we head off to Brugge Belgium for a day and then Antwerp for another day. Be Well! Natalie

Hello All - So in a few hours (which is sad because I'm not packed, not prepared and really need a nap) we head off for 10 days of travel. The whole castle is going to London until Tuesday and then Laura, Allison and I will fly to Dublin and spend 2 nights in Dublin, Fly to Edinburgh and spend 2 nights there and then take a bus to Glasgow and spend another 2 nights in Glasgow, returning to the castle Monday morning. Hopefully I'll be able to check the int...

Hello All! First of all I miss all of you terribly! When we were in Berlin we were surrounded by film culture and it made us very homesick for Boston and our film lives. But life is still good over here in the EU and I'm definitely not ready to head home. This weekend we visited Berlin! The members of our travel group shifted a little as Allison and Adam went to Rome, Steve went to Vienna (we think he made it...he isn't back yet so we don't know any details...