Category Archives: Tour 2009 Northern Ireland, Ireland, Wales, England
May 12: Dublin, Ireland
Written on May 12, 2009 at 4:35 pm, by Sandefur
Sigh. Our last full day in Ireland finally arrived, despite our best efforts to postpone it. What an incredible two weeks we have had. (I’m hearing this in an Irish voice as I write—can you hear it, too??)
May 11: Dublin, Ireland
Written on May 11, 2009 at 3:55 pm, by Sandefur
I think this is the most consistently gorgeous day we’ve had this entire tour. There was hardly a cloud in the sky, and mostly a vivid blue sky with a bit of a wind that kept it that way. The timing could not have been better, as this was our main day to get to
May 10: Dublin, Ireland
Written on May 10, 2009 at 4:10 pm, by Sandefur
Happy Mother’s Day to all of you mothers out there! We had a little time this morning to walk around before meeting the choir at the bus.
May 9: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Written on May 10, 2009 at 12:05 am, by Sandefur
Our day began with a very enjoyable coach tour through Belfast, led by Molly Bird. She is quintessentially Irish, but lives in Orem, Utah and visits and brings tours frequently back to her home country.
May 8: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Written on May 8, 2009 at 3:04 pm, by Sandefur
After a farewell to our first host families of this tour, we loaded the bus first with most of the choir, then the tour leaders and students from the hotel, and last the “Coleraine 7” as our coach driver dubbed them. They were our way to Belfast, so we saved them an hour’s drive back