Pat & Jen in Ireland

 Patrick's been keeping track of our steps each day, and we have walked over 78 miles since we landed in Dublin on May 4th. Miraculously our feet are doing well. 😀 We had one glitch in our plans today. We forgot how far we are from the Edinburgh Airport and bought tickets for the 11am flight back to Belfast, Northern Ireland, which meant we had to get up at 5:30am to catch the 6:45 bus to the train station. Since the sun comes up so early, I woke up at 4:30am and tried to rest until I had to get up.  Last night was the first time I worried about our connections. Everything had to go well or we have to stay in Edinburgh for the night.  Hmmmm. would that really be a problem? Fortunately, our flight was delayed by 30 minutes giving us extra time to find our gate at the Edinburgh Airport, and instead of getting there with seconds to spare, we were waiting for the plane to arrive at the gate.                                           I'll start with a Scottish bee.  I think he'

We have one full day in Scotland and we'll be taking a bus from our Airbnb to the main bus station downtown. From there, it's a short walk to The Olde Course at St. Andrews, the birth of golf. The sun sets around 10pm and rises around 4am. Without blackout curtains we're tricked into thinking it's time to get up, so eye masks are helpful to stay asleep. We walked one block to our bus stop. Once in town, we walked another 3 blocks and arrived at the Olde Course at 11am. What a thrill it was to see it in person. I took hundreds of photos to get the best ones below. There will be a few comments underneath some of the pictures.  Here's how the day went:    (#8 has some VERY interesting facts about golf in Scotland) 1) It's Sunday, so we were expecting no active play, but as we arrived the last group was just teeing off. There was a woman's tournament going on, possibly a qualifier of some kind. And ahead of the tournament were other players finishing up on #18.