OK, here are a zillion pictures from our trip to Ireland & Scotland!  Rather than putting them into a format similar to our other picture pages, I decided to spare you the dreadful download time and just list the pictures in a table as follows, and let you decide which images you want to view on your own.  Feel free to send us any comments or questions, especially if you have problems viewing any of the images.   Note that some are a bit out of order, but I'm sure you can figure it all out!  Also, although it never rained on us, it was overcast most of the time, so some of the images seem kinda dark.  I've lightened a few up, but most came out pretty well.
 

Ireland, May 28th-June 1st
i2	The first group of images are all from Dublin, a very clean, friendly, and fun town!  This is the front of a typical apartment building downtown with a small pub on the bottom floor.
i3	An arch leading to the main city park (St. Stephen's Green).
i4	Christ Church cathedral, built between 1170-1220.
i6	The cathedral again.  Contains the heart of St. Laurence O'Toole in a casket on the wall...very weird (picture of the heart didn't come out, though, so I've included this one I found on the net).
i5	The crypts below the cathedral, included lots of tombs, relics, and spooky atmosphere.
i7	Painted on the street at all the crosswalks for stupid Americans like us...saved our lives a few times actually!
i8	The River Liffey, looking west.
i12	The River Liffey (and Michelle), looking east.
i9	In the courtyard of Dublin Castle, built in the 18th century.
i10	The oldest part of Dublin Castle, the record tower, built in 1226.
i11	The menu at a pub.  Prices are all in euros.  1 euro almost equals a dollar.
i14	The main pedestrian shopping area, Grafton Street, with tons of shops, boutiques, and restaurants.
i15	The Oliver St. John Gogarty Pub, where we first had fish & chips & Guinness, and started our pub crawl.
i16	Roy modeling the dark, thick Guinness Irish draught...good stuff!
i17	A view of the residential area.  You can barely make out the mountains to the south in the distance (left side of the image).
i18	St. Ann's church, built in the 18th century.
i19	Our hotel in Dublin, Clontarf Castle!  For more information, check out www.clontarfcastle.ie
i20	The reception area.
i21	A seating area.
i40	Looking down into the main atrium from the 4th floor.
i22	Driving out into the countryside, specifically Wicklow county and the Wicklow mountains, about an hour south of Dublin.  It's a big bog dotted with pools, streams, and forests.  Much of the movie Braveheart (yes, the movie takes place in Scotland) was filmed right here.
i23	You can see how green everything is.  When you step on the grass, you sink about 4 inches and water slowly pools up around your feet.  If you walk quickly you stay nice and dry.  It's kinda strange.
i24	Roy striking a pose over a stream.
i25	2 funny things about this picture.  First, there are sheep ALL over the countryside, millions of them...white ones, black ones, big ones, little ones, penned ones, free ones standing in the middle of the road (like these that were running in front of our car).  Second, note the reflection in the windshield on the right...it's an arrow on the dashboard designed to reflect up and remind you to drive on the other side of the road!
i26	The lovely Michelle.
i27	More bog.
i28	Roy striking yet another pose in front of a moss-covered rock.
i31	Glendalough ("the valley of 2 lakes") is a small town in the Wicklow mountains that has an ancient monastery, dating back to St. Kevin in the 7th century.  There are bunches of ruined old churches and an ancient graveyard.  The white spots on the wall to the left and on some of the tombstones are all moss, which dots most everything in the bog.
i1	Another old building in Glendalough.
i32	This place is called Lough Tay.  As you can see there's a large black lake surrounded on all sides by steep granite and bog covered hills.  We hiked, slipped, and slid half-way down the hillside to sit on a lone boulder for these shots.  Isn't Michelle lovely?
i33	Here's the same picture without Michelle.  The manicured looking area in the center is part of one of the Guinness estates (the guys that make the beer).
i33b	Same area, looking to the left of the boulder, instead of to the right.
i34	Ain't we TOO cute?!?
i35	Powerscourt waterfall is the highest in Ireland at 425 feet, where the river Dargle dumps down into a small stream.  There are campgrounds below, and there were TONS of people picnic-ing, playing soccer, and having an all-around good time.
i36	Looking straight up the waterfall from the base.
i37	Michelle striking a pose at the base of the waterfall.
i38	Michelle concentrating intensely as she climbs on the mossy, slippery rocks.
i39	Roy looking into a cave near the waterfall.
Scotland, June 1st-June 4th
s1	An image taken from far far away of the Stena HSS Voyager, the high-speed ferry we used to cross from Belfast, Northern Ireland to Stranraer, Scotland.  The ship made the crossing in 1.5 hours at a speed of 40mph carrying cars, trucks, and loads of people.  The passenger deck had TV's, games, restaurants (including Burger King), and pubs.  Like a mini cruise ship!
s3	A view along the coast as we traveled from Stranraer north, then east to Edinburgh.
s29	Our castle in Scotland, the Venlaw, located in Peebles, about 40 minutes south of Edinburgh.  You can find more information on their website at www.venlaw.co.uk.
s28	Another view...not the best pictures of the outside of the castle, sorry!
s4	A view from our suite looking to the south.
s5	Another view in the evening to the west.
s6	The castle's silhouette at night.
s7	Another view to the east.
s8	The only interior shot we took...it's hard to make out, but the bed is in a large square room, and you're looking into a large circular sitting room that's in the round tower of the castle.  The window visible smack dab in the middle of this image is where we took picture s4 from.
s9	The next few shots are all taken in Peebles.  This is Franco's Italian restaurant where we had dinner one night.
s10	The main street.
s11	An old arched bridge over the river Tweed.
s12	Yet again, aren't we cute?!?
s13	The Scottish Convention Center (aka the armadillo) in Glasgow, where the conference was held.
s14	A street in Glasgow...the city is a very busy metropolis with great shopping, but it is very crowded, dark, and noisy.
s15	Glasgow's city hall.
s16	The next few pictures are all from Edinburgh castle.  Here's a shot from the top of the castle looking out  to the south.
s17	Looking to the north, at the "new" part of town.  Old town and the newer areas are separated by one long street which you can make out at the edge of the greenery.
s18	Roy looking into a cannon...boy is it dark in there...anyone have a light?
s19	The Stone of Destiny aka the Stone of Scone.  This stone's been used for over a thousand years during coronations in Scotland.  It originally (supposedly) came from the Holy Land, where it was used by Jacob as a pillow during Biblical times.  It ended up in Scotland, was plundered in 1296 by the English, and stayed in London until 1996 when it was finally returned.  It will be used again during the next British coronation to symbolize the UK's sovereignty over Scotland.
s20	A hall in the castle.
s21	Michelle taking a much safer stance with her cannon.
s22	Another view to the north.
s23	One of the many castle buildings, all built at different times, making it quite the hodge-podge.
s24	Cars parked in the main castle courtyard.
s25	A view of the same courtyard, the "royal mile" (the main historic road in town), and the sea (the Firth of Forth!) beyond.
s26	Another view of the castle buildings.
s27	And another.
s30	OK, we went on a ghosts and ghouls tour of the city (check out this link to see what it was all about), and ended up in the vaults.  There are apparently 2 spots where ghosts are regularly seen, felt, or heard.  I took pictures of both spots in case something weird showed up...you can be the judge...
s31	This is the 2nd picture.
s33	As we've told most of you, the Queen was visiting Edinburgh on the day we were there, and she drove right past us!!!  Here she is!
s34	And a zoomed in view.  It was quite the coincidence!