Category: Trips to Europe
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Experiencing Dante’s Inferno in a Heat Wave in Florence, Italy
On June 27th, our party of Euro travelers had an early wake up to get to the ferry from Venice to the mainland of Italy in order to get to Florence by the early afternoon. To offset the effects of our early rising, I ordered the large coffee to go from the place across the…
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Traveling to Italy to see the Canals of Venice
On Monday, June 24, our student travelers gathered at the Richmond airport for our flight to Venice via Atlanta. The Italian tour would take us from Venice to Florence to Sorrento to Rome, and, as this was an educational tour, we intended to look as little like tourists as possible to soak in the Italian…
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Traveling to London to see monuments at night
On the morning of July 17th, we departed York for London via Windsor Castle. Our tour manager, Stan, had told us that we would probably be out late that in London so that we could see as much as possible in the day and a half we would be in the city. Many people took…
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From Edinburgh to York – Castles, Cathedrals, and Clash of the Titans
Once again, we were departing early in the morning, this time to travel from Edinburgh to York on July 16th. At this point in the trip, having been on the go for a week straight, travelers look forward to these long bus trips as a chance to catch up on sleep. We tried to get…
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A Day in Edinburgh Touring Castles and Climbing Tall Hills
On July 15th, we got up in Edinburgh ready to tour the city. We started the morning with a bus tour and would later tour the Edinburgh castle. After that, we would have free time to see what we wanted. On the bus tour we drove up to the heights overlooking the city, where we…
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Lake District, Roman Walls, and Edinburgh
We woke up at our hotel in Windermere with some of our clothes just a bit damp from the previous night’s rain. Fortunately, we had a trouser press to dry clothes. Then we went down for the breakfast provided by the hotel. This hotel also allowed us to order a hot breakfast as part of…
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Crossing the Irish Sea to Wales on Our Way to England’s Lake District
On July 13th, we had to leave at the crack of dawn to catch the ferry, travel across the Irish Sea to Wales, tour the countryside, to end up in the Lake District in England. It was early enough that morning that there were some odd scenes in the ferry terminal. It’s possible that this…
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Day Two In Dublin – From City Tours To Irish Dancing
On our second day in Dublin, we got to sleep long enough to shake off some of the jet lag. Another thing that helped us deal with the jet lag was the high pressure showers, which provided the complete exfoliating experience of a prison delousing. After breakfast, we hopped on the bus (or “coach”) for…
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Taking Students to Dublin and Playing Irish Sports to Combat Jet Lag
On July 10, we were ready to head to Dublin, the first stop on a trip that would take us to Wales, through the Lake District, to Edinburgh, York, and, finally, London. But before we reached Dublin… After a quick and late lunch, we got on the flight to Dublin without issue. In fact, the…