History

Here’s the 12th post sharing our adventures in the British Isles and Ireland from September 29 to October 17, 2025, for genealogy, business, and sightseeing. Hope you enjoy it! Saturday, October 11, 2025 On our last day with the group, we were on the bus by 8:00 a.m. and off to Bath, a historic city…

Here’s the 11th post sharing our adventures in the British Isles and Ireland from September 29 to October 17, 2025, for genealogy, business, and sightseeing. Hope you enjoy it! Friday, October 10, 2025 Our wake-up time was 5:00 a.m. for 6:00 porterage and breakfast. I could get used to this porterage thing. We had to…

Here’s the 10th post sharing our adventures in the British Isles and Ireland from September 29 to October 17, 2025, for genealogy, business, and sightseeing. Hope you enjoy it! Thursday, October 9, 2025 We hopped back on the bus at 8:30 a.m. (latest day yet) for another ride through pretty Ireland. Well, as much as…

We covered a lot of ground with a variety of experiences that day!

Here’s the eighth post sharing our adventures in the British Isles and Ireland from September 29 to October 17, 2025, for genealogy, business, and sightseeing. Hope you enjoy it! Tuesday, October 7, 2025 We got up super early to board the bus that would take us from Scotland to Northern Ireland. I was intrigued by…

Here’s the seventh post sharing our adventures in the British Isles and Ireland from September 29 to October 17, 2025, for genealogy, business, and sightseeing. Hope you enjoy it! Monday, October 6, 2025 Breakfast was a madhouse at the Novotel Glasgow that morning. Tour Director John had told us that it might be less busy…

Here’s the sixth post sharing our adventures in the British Isles and Ireland from September 29 to October 17, 2025, for genealogy, business, and sightseeing. Hope you enjoy it! Sunday, October 5, 2025 I was very excited to visit the Lake District because, having been an English major, I spent some time studying the works…

Charming lane in York. I wonder how those umbrellas fared in the storm!

(Sunday, March 23, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad Another hearty hotel breakfast this morning. I will really miss that. I won’t even tell you what I had every morning, but I sure don’t want to have my cholesterol checked for a while. We had some time to kill before our waka cultural tour…

(Monday, March 17, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad It was cool, but the rain held off as we met with our group at 9:00 a.m. on St. Patrick’s Day. Our coach driver took us on a sightseeing tour of the city with Guide Cam narrating. Here are some interesting takeaways: The Crown Promenade, where we…