For the past several summers, Philly and I have made a week-plus trip to Europe with daughter Maria and her longtime friend Erin. The 2016 edition of our traditional summer trip took us to Ireland, with a side trip to Scotland.
For the next part of our trip, we flew from Dublin to Edinburgh, Scotland. Our original motivation for the side trip to Scotland was that Maria had been admitted to the University of St. Andrews and the University of Edinburgh, and we wanted to visit those schools to help her decide where to go. However, by the time of our trip, Maria had committed to attend the University of Washington in Seattle, so our Scotland jaunt turned into a simple two-night tourist visit to Edinburgh, where we visited Edinburgh Castle and several Harry Potter-related sights in the hometown of J.K. Rowling.
Ireland is a wonderful place to visit, and I can’t wait to go back to explore more of it and its countryside. I hope we see you there!