It's the last day of the tour and we have a travel day back to London.  I'm well rested with out later start today.  As we say goodbye to those leaving us in Dublin, I begin to realize that yet another travel adventure is coming to an end.  We're leaving 20 people in Dublin (they only did the Ireland part of the tour).  With the extra room, we can spread out on the short bus ride to the ferry.  The ferry is running late, but I relax outside in the rare Irish sun.

The ride on the ferry is smooth and I hit Burger King for a $12 lunch.  The ferry docks and we head to Wales to pick up 22 people hitching a ride with us back to London.  We get to London after 8pm.

I was originally not looking forward to a full day bus ride.  It seemed a bad use of time to take a full day to get to London only to to go to the airport the following morning.  I still would have preferred the last night to be in Dublin (as we could have used an extra day there), but I enjoyed the ride.  This was the last day of the tour and I could relax and talk with my new friends from the last couple weeks.  The ride went by quickly

When we got to London, I said goodbye to our tour manager, driver, and a few tour mates who were busy that night.  The rest of us checked in to our hotels and then met up at the Royal National pub for our final night together.  As it got late in the evening, we had to unfortunately say goodbye.  It's amazing how close you can get with a group of people over a shared few weeks together. 

View the photos of our return to London .