You and three female grad students? Sounds like a lot of fun!

Re driving in Ireland, one thing you may want to consider, depending where you are going, is that some of the rural roads are terrible. Little more than one lane cowpaths. Which might also add to the sense of adventure, of course, as long as you are prepared for it and allow extra driving time.


>I am also taking a trip to Scotland/Ireland this summer. I will be doing 12 days in mid June.
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>4-5 days in Scotland and 7-8 days in Ireland. I will be with 3 girls in Grad school for architecture so I suspect price will be a big consideration and they will want to see things that appeal to archi nerds. They will have been in Orkney for 3 weeks prior to my arrival and will probally have already explored the north of Scotland.
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>I will be flying into Edinburg and leaving from Dublin.
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>In addition to your questions about what to see, where to stay, gun choice, ... I am also interested in best way to get around. Should we rent a car, take trains, bus? It looks like flying from Scotland to Ireland mid week is dirt cheap. Is that a good way to go? I've heard in Ireland a car is the way to go. Is there a good Car hire to use? Is easycar decent? In scotland some of the bus tours sound interesting, are they worth it or should we get a car in Scotland also?
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>>This summer I'm taking my wife and 19 y/o son on a two week trip to Scotland, Ireland and England. We will probably visit the following places:
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>>1. Fly into Edinburg
>>2. visit Loch Ness (wrestle a monster)
>>3. Mull
>>4. Ireland (Belfast and Dublin - where else to go?)
>>5. Liverpool - stop in to see where JPGR started it all
>>6. London
>>7. Scotland Yard
>>8. Buckingham Palace (see if i can make a guard talk)
>>9. Paris via the chunnel
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