Emily Exploring Britain

Well, Emily has been to Dublin, made her way to Belfast to see the Warren side of the family and is now in Glasgow, Scotland visiting the Clark side of the family. We haven't had a whole lot of communication from Emily but we know she's been having a great time.

Dublin found her in another hostel, which she's been pretty lucky with as far as clean and safe. This was her last time for hostels in the U.K. As always she did a free walking tour of Dublin first and then she did a bus tour of some kind (don't have too many specifics). Not sure if she did the Guiness tour or not.

After being in Dublin for a couple of days it was time to head to Belfast on the train. Meeting the Garlands (Grandma Warren's first cousin) at the train station they dropped her off at City Hall to look around. She made her way back to their house for dinner in the evening. She met 2nd cousins she hadn't seen in a very long time, which was fun getting reacquainted with them. On Thursday she set off on the bus again to head to Armagh where Grandpa Garland grew up and where there were more cousins to meet. She spent the day drinking coffee and tea, which is truly served every couple of hours there. Everyone stops to have tea and biscuits!! Emily has certainly learned a lot about the Irish side of the family in just a few days. I'm sure we'll hear lots of stories once she gets home.

Friday was time to head to Glasgow. Sid and Jean dropped her off at the airport and fortunately she was not delayed by any volcanic ash eruptions. We haven't heard from her except a call telling us she made it safe and sound. This last segment of her trip will be until the 29th when she flies back to Paris to meet us!!! Can't wait to see her and I know she's anxious to see us.

More to come, but hopefully it's Emily writing and not me.

Have a great weekend everyone, Audrey

Where in the World is Emily?

Oops!!! Audrey here, I've taken over Emily's blog temporarily. She will not have her computer with her for the next three weeks.

Emily forgot to tell you all that she has left Alicante and won't be able to update her blog for a couple of weeks (unless I convey some of her comings and goings). She left Alicante last Friday and flew to Paris to leave her luggage with a friend so she could lighten her load and travel with only her backpack. After being in Paris for 3 days off she flew to Edinburgh, where she is currently, having the time of her life I might add.

She will stay in Edinburgh until Thursday and off she flies to Dublin. She has fallen in love with Scotland (what's not to love, but I'm a little prejudiced). She had "the best" dinner the first night in Edinburgh, she went to a pub and had Steak Pie. One of my favorites actually, but maybe not as good as my mother makes.

Not sure how long she'll be in Dublin until she heads to Belfast to visit the Irish side of the family. On the 21st she'll then head off again across the Irish Sea to Glasgow to visit the Clark side of the family. Wow are you tired yet!!! Emily will stay in Glasgow until the 29th when she will then fly back to Paris to meet Mom, Dad, Heather, and Hannah who are flying in on the 30th.

Well do we all agree this last 5 months are most definitely a trip to remember for Emily?

Check back for some more updates and commentary in the next week or so. Emily is trying to do Facebook updates as she is able and a picture or two.