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Isle of Skye, Inverness, Perth and Edinburgh!!

From the hike at Ben Nevis, we were off up the highlands to the Isle of Skye. The road was treacherous, but the scenary was amazing! Rain off and on, and narrow, curvy roads made the trip interesting! We pulled in across the Skye bridge onto the island a little later in the evening. We...

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ECRadventure on July 8, 2009 from Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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the UK, kind of like the US

The first day here was spent relaxing and sleeping. We were exhausted from lugging our bags all over Europe, from train station to hostel to train station etc. Staying in one place for 6 days is a nice change. The first thing we did was visit Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. It was a...

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kalib on July 7, 2009 from London, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Guido Watch '09

Glasgow,Lesmahagow, Rhu & Fort William

Welcome to Scotland! Land of Rain, Sun, and Midgies. This place is a bit like Alberta in the fact that the wheather can't really decide what it wants. It's fluctuates between cold and rainy to hot and humid within minutes. Thats why we now have two umbrellas, apparently we can't share. No...

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ECRadventure on July 1, 2009 from Rhu, United Kingdom

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The Night Before

Getting nervous! Everybody has just left after a garden party It's going to be good though

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DanDan88 on June 28, 2009 from Blackpool, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Adventure in the Great Wide Somewhere :)

Glastonbury! ... we came for the aliens, missed them and the show too!

Glastonbury! Home of one of the worlds largest outdoor concert. We missed the concert in our planning, because the tickets were sold out already by October 2008. For those who have attended stage 13 in Alberta, this is like stage 13 on drugs, a lot of them. There are 177,000 festival...

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ECRadventure on June 27, 2009 from Glastonbury, United Kingdom

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Salisbury... Stonehenge and Sarum hill

Salisbury, a quick train ride from London is a charming little city. Easy to get around and very friendly. We checked into our hotel The Citilodge just outside of the old town square. The two days we spent here we had great weather and were able to get some relaxing time in, after our...

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ECRadventure on June 25, 2009 from Salisbury, United Kingdom

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Our Flight Back Home

We were up at about 6:30 ... I don't expect this day to be too eventful. Blah blah blah, we're on a plane. Blah blah blah, we get to London. Waiting an hour in the customs line. We go to have lunch and we see a fish and chip place on the corner. Amber sat outside with the bags and I...

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Trevor and Amber on June 24, 2009 from London, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: Europe Trip

London! Luigi brought the party back!

London Baby! We pulled into London, out of the Bayswater metro stop, and within 40 steps we managed to bump into Luigi and Delaine as they were picking up some coffee and snacks in a little side shop. Perfect timing. We jumped off to the apparment we rented, just a few steps down the...

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ECRadventure on June 23, 2009 from London, United Kingdom

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Portsmouth, recovery from overnight ferrys, reading and sleeping.

We arrived in Portsmouth and took our first taxi to the hostel, as the folks at the ferry terminal informed us it would be about a pound more expensive for the taxi as the bus and we would have to walk 20 min in the opposite direction to even get to a bus stop. Well, they lied, or maybe...

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ECRadventure on June 19, 2009 from Portsmouth, United Kingdom

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Knowledge is Power

As many of you have noticed, in recent months the tensions simmering below the surface in Northern Ireland since the signing of the GFA in 1998 have been boiling over with more and more regular occurrences. A few weeks ago, a Catholic cross-community worker, Kevin McDaid, was beat to death by a...

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ebienelson on June 15, 2009 from Belfast, United Kingdom

from the travel blog: "She is the Belle of Belfast City..."

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