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Scotland 2018: Day 10


Day 10

Early morning on the bus, 3:30am!  The hotel provided us with boxed breakfast.  Our tour guide extraordinaire Conor and amazing coach driver Eddie packed all those over stuffed bags into the coach and we headed to Glasgow Airport for our flights to Dublin and home to Boston. 
With a final farewell, we leave you with the lyrics to Roberts Burns poem, Auld Lang Syne
  • Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
    and never brought to mind?
    Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
    and auld lang syne?
  • CHORUS:
    For auld lang syne, my jo,
    for auld lang syne,
    we’lltak' a cup o’ kindness yet,
    for auld lang syne.



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