Ireland pictures

Here are some pictures from our time in Ireland!  I can't believe I forgot to take pictures at the Jameson Distillery.  :(  I can assure you, it was delicious!

Mere & Jenny in front of the Guinness factory

Bottles, bottles everywhere... and not a drop to drink...

Just kidding!  You get a free pint! Yippee!  :)

 Mere & me in the Sky Lounge 

(we look sleepy/gross because we literally JUST got into Ireland a few hours before)

Jenny was a trooper and drank Mere & my pint.  :)

It was too early in the day for me to be drinking Guinness!

An old abbey

 Abbey...

Ancient Dolmen -- burial spot 

Stone walls...

more Guinness!

Cliffs of Moher in Galway

O'Brien's Tower in Galway

A random castle that I can't remember the name of... 

The name of this pub makes me miss the Irish Lion!   :)

Dublin Castle

Tea & treats at the Queen of Tarts in Dublin

St. Patrick's Cathedral

London -- part II

Sorry that I haven't been keeping up with our travels!  We are all back now... Mere and Jenny to Minnesota, and me back in Edinburgh.  Here are some more pictures from our London trip.  Ireland to come!

Gate leading to Buckingham Palace (right by our hotel!)

Buckingham Palace

Changing of the Guard

Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey

Parliament

 Thanks for visiting...  

xoxo Ollie Cromwell

 Sister pic!

 Big Ben

 Parliament -- Thames view

London Eye

London -- part I

We got into London on Saturday and have hitting up the hot spots all around the city!  We've had a lot fun, and have seen a lot so far! More pictures to come...

St. Paul's Cathedral

Tower Bridge

Tower Bridge

White Tower -- in the Tower of London

Cool looking guard... love the hat!

Parliament & Big Benny Boy

Dinner at Yo! Sushi = delicious

Hogmanay 2011

Hogmanay was pretty amazing and fun!  I would definitely come back here again to celebrate New Years.  Any takers? :)

 The street party getting started...

 It's 2011!

 Woo-hoo!

Midnight Fireworks

Scotland trip

So, after some drama on the way over to Edinburgh (Meredith and Jenny missed their second flight... and I had no idea when they were getting in.  Ahh!), we all made it safely!  Yesterday we went on a tour of the Highlands... which of course included Loch Ness!  Naturally, she came out to see us, and here are the pictures to prove it! :)

And here on some other random pictures from the trip so far...

Tonight is the big New Year's Eve party... Hogmanay!  It's seriously nuts here!  So many people.  They say around 60,000 people come in for it, and I feel like I've seen at least 40,000 of them so far.  We're going to party it up tonight, then catch a train down to London tomorrow morning.  Woo-hoo!

Finals...

It's time to study for finals!  I can't believe that I'm at this point in my life again.  I have no idea what I'm doing!  But finals start on Wednesday, and will be over next Thursday.  Then I get to fly home!  So, as you can imagine, I won't be posting anything on here for a while since I should be studying and freaking out.  I'm definitely looking forward to it all being over, and getting to head home to see my family.  And drink some Diet Big Red, of course. Woo-hoo!

Edinburgh Castle

I went out to the castle yesterday (literally right up the street from me... maybe a block away), and took some pictures.  Enjoy!