Day 1 -Left Baltimore on American Airlines on our way to Miami - transferred planes and on to San Jose, Costa Rica.Arrived about 1:00 p.m. and our Caravan driver met us at the airport. Our tour guide, Chris met us at the hotel with our room ready and waiting.We spent the afternoon exploring the city.Went to the National Museum and San Jose's Plaza de la Cultura Central Park, got lunch at a small taco shop - great burritos. Back to the hotel for our orientation...

FRIDAY The long ride home. First a taxi to the airport, the flight home (6 ½ hours), and then the 4 hour drive from New York to Georgetown culminating a wonderful visit of Ireland and Scotland.Then on to Delmar. My grandson graduated from Delmar High School on Friday and thanks to the graciousness oftwo of my fellow travelers, their mother and future mother-in-law who picked them up, took me to the school, getting me there in time for me to see him ...

THURSDAYDublin Trinity College This college was founded by Elizabeth I in 1592 on the site of a monastery.It is one of Ireland's foremost seats of learning. Book of Kells at Trinity College The Book of Kells contains the Latin text of the four gospels which was decorated by the monks in 800 A.D.It also contains the Long Room which contains 200,000 of the library's oldest books.This exhibit was a once in a lifetime experience. Christ Church Cathedral Thi...

WEDNESDAY Left Edinburgh and traveled to Dublin where we took a scenic tour of the countryside in Ireland called Glendalough where a lot of films have been made (a part of Braveheart was actually filmed in Ireland).Unfortunately it was raining the evening we visited and we did not actually get to see the beautiful countryside in a favorable setting. During the tour, the bus driver informed us of the following: Georgian area of Dublin - the buildings had four ...

TUESDAYLecture - Dave MacKay - Job Hunting in the United Kingdom 30% of jobs in Edinburgh are part time which is good for students but the bad part is that they only pay minimum wage which is about 5 pounds ($10.00) an hour. 32% are in Finance, Information Technology and Business.28% are in Public Administration, Education and Health which are government funded. 10% are in Manufacturing. 25% of vacancies appear in the newspaper.There are different days for d...