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Speaker 1 (00:02):
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Speaker 2 (00:51):
This is Z Michelson again, and I am here with Diana
from Celtic Tours, and today isday six.
This is her last day in Ireland.
I'm so sad.
I know it's a sad, sad day, butwe have a lot of stuff we're
going to be doing today, aren'twe?
So, diana, tell me, where arewe going now?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Well, we've left the morning and we started heading
back to the capital city ofDublin.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Oh, okay, so we went east.
Okay, yeah, so that's goingbasically across the whole
island, across the island.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Yeah, it takes about probably about two hours maybe
you know, to pay on the trafficand the route you take, you know
Right.
So we decided to make a stopalong the way, of course,
because you can't you know, justgo all the way.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Now I do have to ask a question when you get up and
you're getting on the buses, howearly in the morning are you
moving?
Speaker 3 (01:44):
You know it really isn't too early because we did
have breakfast.
Breakfast is included every day, oh fabulous.
So I probably got up about 6.37, which is my normal time to get
up and I got cleaned up and meteverybody for breakfast at you
know, 8 o'clock or so and wewere out the door by nothing.
And again, you put your bagsout there.
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You don't have to, you know.
You just close your suitcase,you put your bag out by the door
and Vicki takes them, picksthem up and puts them back on
the motor coaster for you.
I like that, I like that a lotNow our typical tours we
actually do, and most of ourtours now this is a very, very
fast-paced tour.
Right, because we were tryingto see a lot.
Right, but most of our tours wedo try to stay two nights in
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each location.
That's right.
Yeah, because we don't wantpeople constantly having to move
.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So we do try to stay two nights.
So you do have some more activetraveling and you have a little
less active traveling.
So you have choices, which isnice.
People need to know that Somepeople get crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Oh no, I don't want to go on a tour because it's
going to be too rushed.
But you don't.
You can make your choices Rightand you know, I kind of call a
tour like this an escorted tour,like land cruising.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Land cruising.
Yeah, that's kind of what Icall it Land cruising.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
I actually stole that from somebody, I think I know
who but, I don't know.
So, which is really nice,because that's exactly what it
is.
It's, yes, you're kind ofliving out of your suitcase
because you can't unpackeverything, but I mean you're in
a dress, casual anyway.
It's not like you have to bringanything formal because you
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don't have any formal eveningsor anything like that, like you
would on a cruise.
You know it's very casual.
It's a very casual environment.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Right, ireland is more casual.
Yeah, yes, which is good, whichis good.
And again, you did a lot ofwalking, yeah we did.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Actually, this day wasn't too bad, the last day
wasn't too bad, but, yeah, youdid some walking.
And again, if you don't want todo the tour, you don't want to
go some places you don't have to, you just kick back, you just
kick back.
Yeah, I've had people actuallysay you know what, I'm not going
to go on the tour and I'm justgoing to walk around a little
bit in the area and, of course,absolutely Enjoy vacation.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
That's nice, yeah, and you know I hate to tell
people this, but you have torealize there's a whole
different atmosphere in the pubsover there.
Yeah, and you go, and you knowyou go and get a pint.
You don't sit there and bewaiting it on.
Right, it's a little different,it is, yep, but once you're
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there and you go and you pickedup your pipe from the bartender
and you sit down at a table, alot of people like to chat with
you.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Oh, the people over there are so friendly.
And so I mean I've heardstories from some of the locals.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I know I love it, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I heard a story when I was in Sean's bar.
I said you know how do you sayit?
Do you say Celtic or Celtic?
Well, 45 minutes later you knowthe gentleman who was a regular
there at Sean's Bar, who was alocal in Apollon, and he kind of
gave me the history of Celticand Celtic.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
And we don't care how you say it, you know just say
it as long as you come visit, aslong as you come visit exactly.
So now you're on the bus andyou're heading from Galloway.
You're heading over towardsDublin, yep, but you made a pit
stop along the way.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
We did we did.
So we stopped in Newbridge.
It's a town right outside ofDublin Well, not far from Dublin
actually and we stopped at theNewbridge Silverware Factory.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Silverware Factory.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Yeah, silverware.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So I mean they've been around goodness a long time
, I think I went there a longlong time, A long time.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I think it was a long long time.
I think it was actually in 1931is when they originally started
, and all they did wassilverware.
That's all they did.
It was just silverware.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And when you say silverware, like folks' knives,
flatware, okay, flatware, justthat, just flatware.
That's what they started with.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Oh that's what they started with, that's what they
started with was just flatwareand then they kind of evolved
from there, you know, as thetimes, as more and more people
you know, especially when peoplestopped buying silverware.
You know, silverware sets andthings like that.
They had to kind of evolve.
So we did a whole factory tourwhere they showed us exactly how
they make the flatware.
We did a whole factory tourwhere they showed us exactly how
they make the flatware.
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And then what they do is theytake, after they press the
flatware, they take theleftovers from the flatware and
make jewelry from it.
Oh okay, so that's where silverjewelry came from.
So when you walked into thefactory and that day we walked
in the factory was againpleasant surprise, because
everything was 50 to 70 percent-they had their annual sale.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
You must have liked that, you know me the shopper,
so I had to buy something.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
But yeah, it was just really, really amazing.
You can do the tour, you walkthrough, do the tour.
Again, that was included forour guests, no additional cost
or anything.
And as we walked through thetour and he told us all about
the factory and we learned allabout the company and the making
of silverware and the jewelry.
He got us through the entireprocess.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Again, it's very nice that you have you get to see it
firsthand Something that when Iwas younger I always thought
when I got married I'm going tohave a silverware set, because
my aunt had one and I loved thebig box that it came in and it
was all velvet lined and we hadthe silverware in there.
So this sounds like somethingthat they did, yes.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Yes, and of course now it's not entirely silver.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
You know, back then it was entirely silver.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
And now, of course, it is silver plated.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Right, flatware, flatware, exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
So it was really, really interesting just to see
that you're walking through thefactories telling you exactly
how everything's made, showingyou what the machines that they
use and all of that, and theywere melting the silver in front
of you, yeah they actually takesome of the stuff and melt it
and flatten it.
Yeah, it was very, very, veryinteresting, very interesting.
Yeah, again, it was, like youknow, a silverware factory.
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Okay, okay.
Well, again, you know walkinginto a big sale you know, that
was always really nice.
But I can tell you the mostextraordinary thing about this
place, about the New BridgeSilverware Factory, is they.
After the tour we found outthey had a museum.
A museum attached to itUpstairs, upstairs, Wow.
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So the owner wanted to bring alittle bit more as a marketing
idea.
He wanted people to see whatthey had to offer you know as
far as you know, especially whenthey started going into the
jewelry.
So he went ahead and boughtAudrey Hepburn's original black
dress from Breakfast atTiffany's.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
And she was so tiny, did the dress look tiny, so tiny
?
Speaker 3 (08:34):
So tiny and it was beautiful.
So he kind of thought if he hadthis piece people would want to
come to the factory.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
They'd want to see it .
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Well, I think they created a monster after that.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Oh no.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Because after that he just started buying more and
more different pieces, wardrobepieces from different
celebrities.
So he has an entire museum ofwardrobe pieces from all these
celebrities.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So name a few of the celebrities.
Elizabeth Taylor, oh, elizabethTaylor.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Four or five different dresses, including
some from Cleopatra.
Oh, Beautiful, beautifuldresses.
They actually had the now whenPrincess Diana got married.
Not a lot of people know this,but they actually had seven
dresses that were being made.
Oh right, Because they didn'twant the press to see Right,
know this, that they actuallyhad seven dresses that were
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being made for her.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Oh right, because they didn't want the press to
see, right, so it was a surprisewhat she was going to wear and
she picked it the day of thewedding.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Right, she picked the dress.
So there is one of the sevendresses.
Oh, wow, there as well One ofPrincess Diana's seven dresses.
Yes, along with some of thesculptures from the designer of
all the bridesmaids and theflower girl dresses, and it was
just beautiful, beautiful.
They had a Queen Elizabeth suit, which one From Queen Elizabeth
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yeah it was just a blue suit,but they showed the picture of
her actually wearing the suit,yeah, so it was fascinating.
Oh, I Dream of Jeannie bottlethe original bottle from I Dream
of Jeannie.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Oh, how cool is that.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
He made a beautiful setting where the bottle sits.
It says I Dream of.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Jeannie.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
So it was just.
It was a pleasant surprise.
You would never think that thismuseum would be in a silverware
factory right, right.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
It's almost like Hollywood comes to the
silverware factory.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Yeah, it was just such a pleasant surprise.
And then there was one moresurprise at the end they
actually bring out a piece forus to actually see up close,
because everything's behindglass.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Obviously you don't want people touching all these
pieces, right, you don't want totouch it.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
So they actually brought out a dress and they,
you know he had a little white,you know cloth and he says we
bring, we brought this out justespecially for you, right, which
made us feel special, you know.
I don't know if he did, but sohe opens the curtain and it was
Princess Diana's black dressthat she wore.
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They called it the revengedress Revenge dress.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
That was after she divorced.
It was.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
And she was still a princess, and of course a
princess can't wear anythingthat's off the shoulder, Right,
you know she was.
You know, Princess Diana,You've got a certain look right.
Well, not with this dress, itwas off the shoulder a little
low, cut above the knee with aslit in it.
You know she actually dancedwith John Travolta in this dress
.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
I've seen pictures of that oh my goodness, I'm still
talking about it gettinggoosebumps because I stood can't
touch it, but I stood rightnext to it.
Right next to it, right next toit, and it was just an amazing,
amazing experience to know thatdress.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
She looked very petite at the time, was it?
It's very petite.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Yeah, very petite dress yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I have no idea what size Was it?
Speaker 3 (11:55):
like a velvet.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Was it like a velvet dress?
No, it was just a cloth dress,just a cloth dress, just a cloth
dress.
It had that shine to it.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Yes, whoever designed the dress?
Speaker 1 (12:05):
And.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
I can't remember who did it, but just, it was a
beautiful, beautiful again, justgoosebumps standing next to it.
I tried to get as close as Icould next to it without even
touching it, you know.
It's like so, because my nameis Diana.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
So it was kind of like oh you know, it was just
amazing, amazing.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
I got tears in my eyes.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
So and this was all part of the New Bridge
silverware factory.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Yes, so this was a separate part of their factory.
Yeah, it's a museum that theyactually have.
I wonder how much more he'sgoing to be adding on to that.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I don't know but I can't wait to go back.
I know I can't wait to go back.
Yeah, because it sounds likehe's with the I Dream of Jeannie
battle.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
It sounds like he's going after some other types of
things that will really draw inthe crowds and I took so many
pictures and I would say thatthere were probably at least 30
to 40 pieces there.
Wow, some pieces.
So his collection is gettingquite big.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, it's getting bigger and bigger.
So another year I bet you it'llbe probably about 45 to 50.
I'm sure, I'm sure.
So now you spend time at thefactory and time at the museum.
What's next?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Well, we had afternoon tea, High tea, where
there?
Oh, in the museum.
No, downstairs, they have alittle restaurant area and they
gave us afternoon tea with somebubbly champagne, nice, and
little sandwiches and, of course, pastries, and it was so good.
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So, that was a nice kind ofafternoon visit.
Yeah, and again, this issomething that we include in our
tours.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
I love that Celtic tours includes all of these
things.
And you had already said, everymorning is breakfast.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Yeah, every morning is breakfast.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
So fill up our breakfast and then you got all
these different things going onand you get these teas included.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
I'm telling you, you don't go hungry.
That's good, you do not gohungry at all.
Even if you don't purchase onemeal, you're still not going to
go hungry.
Between the lunches and thebreakfasts and the dinners,
you'll never go hungry.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Well, that's good, so now you have your afternoon tea
.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yep, and we headed back on the motor coach and we
headed for Dublin, okay, wherewe stopped at the Epic Museum,
okay.
So now you've come full circle.
We have, we've come full circle, right.
So you left Dublin and nowyou're back in Dublin.
So we again, when we originallystarted on day one, we started
in Dublin and went down southand then came up on the west
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coast there and then went rightacross.
So we did kind of what we callthe heart of Ireland.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Because everybody knows about these areas
Waterford and the Cliffs ofMoher.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Right Larney.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Castle.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Larney.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Castle exactly.
So we kind of call that theheart of Ireland, which is one
of our tours, the heart ofIreland.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
The heart of Ireland.
It's a six-night, yeah yeah,and, like I said, it's a nice
amount of visiting.
I mean, we can do more.
And this gives you a nicesampling of what's to come.
Yeah, that, and this gives youa nice sampling of what's to
come, yeah, that's great.
So now you went to this epicmuseum.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Yeah, the epic museum .
The epic museum is an actualimmigrant museum and we did have
a guided tour, which was nice.
It was nice With 30 peoplegoing through the epic museum.
I would have liked to have donea self-tour, because you can do
a self-tour, you can even gowith a guide and hire a guide if
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you'd like.
Where?
you can just go ahead and get aticket and go through it
yourself.
But it talks about again all ofthe migration from Ireland to
all the different parts of theworld and again it talks about
the potato famine it goes intoit's a beautiful museum, the
Heritage Museum, which I think Italked about in one of the last
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.
Yes, it's an older museum andit talks about the immigrants
leaving that area Right andgoing from that port.
And then this one is a littlemore modern and it tells you a
little bit more, not just aboutthe history, but everything that
the immigrants had to gothrough Right During that tour.
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And I Very, very modern Again,you can do it on your own.
It's a self-paced tour.
Or you can do it with a tourguide.
So is this a big place?
It is.
It's actually quite large, okay, wow, and very interactive as
well.
Oh, is it's actually quitelarge?
Okay, wow, and very interactiveas well?
Oh, interactive, it's veryinteractive.
They have a trivia, they haveall kinds of stuff, so it's very
, very interactive.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I'm a big trivia buff .
Speaker 3 (16:34):
I love to play trivia .
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So you went to this museum and that probably took a
few hours.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
It took over an hour, over an hour.
And in that area, in that EpicMuseum area, of course, they
have some shops, oh you know,shopping.
So, they did have some shopswhere you can go shopping.
They have restrooms and thingslike that.
So it's a little area where youcan explore if you want to.
So even if you get done withthe tour early, you can still
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spend at least another you know,half hour to an hour just
exploring the area.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Now your particular tour group that you were with
was roughly about 30 people,correct, okay.
Is that the average size of thegroups?
Speaker 3 (17:12):
No, not at all.
This was an exception.
Again, this was just a specialtour that we put together, but
typically all of our escortedtours are anywhere from 24 to 28
people.
Okay, our Heart of Ireland.
We will do 32, just becauseit's a very, very popular tour.
It's a six-night tour, so itworks out perfectly for a
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week-long vacation, right.
So we will do 32, but we keepthem on pretty small.
We don't do more than that.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Yeah, which is kind of nice, you know, because
you're on a nice motor coach andpeople are more comfortable
when it's that you know, whenyou're not that swashed.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Yes, yeah, it's very comfortable.
Yeah, it's not like you'resitting next to people, you
don't?
Know or anything you canactually, you know, spread out
and have some room.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
And then, with everybody there, you all wind up
getting to know each other verywell because you're sharing
this experience together andthat makes it nice.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Yeah, and I will tell you, I've been on several tours
, several tours, and I've alwayshad people that I have made a
difference.
You know that I still keep intouch with them.
Right, and one of the tours Idid, we are actually scheduling
a reunion, yeah.
So we're inviting you know,everybody's going to one
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location and we're going to do areunion, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
A reunion tour?
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Because we all just got along.
You know that well.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
So it is very nice and again, Ireland is a very
friendly country.
People are friendly, they wantto talk to you.
Go and have a good time.
Now we're leaving the EpicMuseum.
We are in Dublin at this point.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Yeah, one of the things I also want to mention
about the Epic Museum is youactually explore your heritage
there?
Oh, I mentioned that at theother place, but you can do that
here at the Epic Museum as well.
So if you don't make it to Cove, you know, to the Heritage
Center there then you can dothat here as well, at the Hosea
of Dublin.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Very nice.
You know, a lot of people arelooking into their ancestry, you
know, and that's something thatpeople need to know.
Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry, I wantedto just mention that, but.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Yeah, I'm sorry, I wanted to just mention that, but
yes, after we left the EpicMuseum, we headed to a hotel,
again centrally located, whichis nice, yeah, very nice.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
You're leaving the next day, so you want to be near
everything, so you can just getup and go?
Speaker 3 (19:39):
Yep, so we were centrally located.
We had a few hours, so somepeople went and took a nap
because it's, you know, out thenight before in Galway.
So some of us went up and tooka nap and others were able to
explore a little bit, but thenwe all got together for a
farewell dinner.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
That's nice.
What did you have?
Where did you go?
Speaker 3 (19:52):
We went to Mary Plowboys it's an Irish music pub
kind of an entertainment placeand we all got together and we
had an amazing dinner and theyoffered all kinds of different
meals.
So I've got their lastshepherd's pie.
I had bacon and potatoes whichis actually ham and mashed
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potatoes, yeah, so it was verygood.
And of course I had to have myGuinness before I leave.
The black and black, the blackand black, yeah, that's exactly
what I had.
And then they had thisentertainment.
And what's very nice about thisplace is the gentlemen who own
it are the entertainers.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Oh, fabulous, yeah, so they were musicians, so they
were doing.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
Irish music, irish music, irish dancing, yep, and
then they had some Irish dancersa little later on, and I'm sure
they had some sort of— Rightaround dessert time —talk.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
I had some sort of talker too as well.
I can't even imagine a pubwithout somebody telling a story
or two.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Oh, there were a lot of stories.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Because the musicians told all kinds of stories.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
So it was a wonderful way to end our tour.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
That's nice.
It's a wonderful way to end thetour.
Now, the next day, everybodywas leaving to get back on their
planes and flights.
Now does Celtic Tour bring themto the airport?
Yes, yes, to get back on theirplanes and flights.
Now.
Does Celtic Tour bring them tothe airport?
Yes, yes.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Your transfers are included.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
Transfers are included.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
Now we do have some people who would like to either
stay a little bit longer or theywant to go explore other areas.
I had two people who went toScotland, so they didn't do the
transfer back to us, right, sothey went ahead and stayed a
little bit longer and then justtook a cab to the airport and
then they went to Scotland,because it wasn't until later on
that evening.
But again, those are all thingsthat, since you're in Europe,
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you might as well go and explore.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
You've got the time.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yeah, you've got the time.
Might as well, do it.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
And this is something else that Celtic tours can do.
So if they did this six day,five night they could say well,
you know, I want to do this.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
But I want to add Scotland in Yep.
Celtic tours can accommodatefor that.
We can actually help them withthat and we do have people who
will do back-to-back tours,because we do tours in Scotland
or we do tours in Wales orEngland.
So we have people who will doone tour and then turn around
and do another tour in anotherarea, so they're getting a nice
mix of everything.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Yeah, that's very nice.
Yes, so now your trip is over.
Was it sad leaving?
Yeah, the next morning.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
we had to get up a little early and we had to be
out the door by 7 o'clock in themorning.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Because that's when the bus brings everybody to the
airport.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Because that was the shuttle time for that.
It's a shuttle time for that.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
So basically, what happens is we take a look at
everybody's flight schedule,because it's only one shuttle,
it's not like they keep goingback and forth, back and forth.
So it's only one shuttle, so wetake a look at everybody's time
frame and we kind of make it towhere it's best for everybody.
And again, if somebody doeshave to leave, I've had guests
who had to leave, you know, at3.30 in the morning, to be in
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the airport at 4.30 in themorning, right, because they
took a six o'clock flight.
I never knew that, but that'sokay.
So then you know they wouldhave to get their own
transportation for that, youknow, because there was only one
shuttle.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Right, one shuttle leaves at this one particular
time and then gets you to theairport.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Yeah, so it was sad.
We all said our good deviseRight.
So I was set up that eveningand the next day and we were on
our way With Celtic tours.
Is it possible that if somebodywants everything included, they
want to do this, they want todo that and they want airfare.
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Can Celtic tours work?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
with that, we can do the airfare with them as well.
We can do airfare, which isgreat, yeah.
So basically one-stop shoppingit can be.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Except when you go to the shops.
Then you got to shop on yourown.
Yeah, I'm sorry, yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Shop, shop on your own.
Shop on your own Some dinnerswhen you go, because we do try
to give free time, we don't want, you know again, we don't want
everybody to feel that they haveto be.
You know, do what, exactlybecause there are some people
who don't enjoy that.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
So we try to give free time as well.
Right, so there's some freetime.
Midstan, you can wander on yourown or just go back to the
hotel room and take a nap Yep.
Get ready for the nighttime funYep.
So there's lots and lots ofthings that Celtic Tour can do.
You can contact your traveladvisor and say I want to do
this with Celtic Tours.
The travel advisor will contactCeltic Tours and say I have a
client that wants to do this,this, this and this, and Celtic
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Tours will sit down with atravel advisor and say, okay,
let's get this checked off, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
And even if they don't know exactly what they
want to do, let's say forexample they look at one of our
escorted tours.
I'll do an escorted tour.
We can actually help them planthe trip for them as well.
You can go onto our website andtake a look at our website and
there's actually travel plannerson there and the website is
it's CelticTourscom.
That's very easy, yeah veryeasy.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
We made it easy, Diana.
I can't wait to hear about yournext adventures with Celtic
Tours and thank you again forjoining me.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
No, thank you so much for having me.
This has been so much fun.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
I'm going next time Okay.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Well, that's it for today's episode of the Zee
Michelson Travel Podcast.
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Speaker 2 (00:51):
This is Z Michelson again, and I am here with Diana
from Celtic Tours, and today isday six.
This is her last day in Ireland.
I'm so sad.
I know it's a sad, sad day, butwe have a lot of stuff we're
going to be doing today, aren'twe?
So, diana, tell me, where arewe going now?
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Well, we've left the morning and we started heading
back to the capital city ofDublin.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
Oh, okay, so we went east.
Okay, yeah, so that's goingbasically across the whole
island, across the island.
Speaker 3 (01:22):
Yeah, it takes about probably about two hours maybe
you know, to pay on the trafficand the route you take, you know
Right.
So we decided to make a stopalong the way, of course,
because you can't you know, justgo all the way.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
Now I do have to ask a question when you get up and
you're getting on the buses, howearly in the morning are you
moving?
Speaker 3 (01:44):
You know it really isn't too early because we did
have breakfast.
Breakfast is included every day, oh fabulous.
So I probably got up about 6.37, which is my normal time to get
up and I got cleaned up and meteverybody for breakfast at you
know, 8 o'clock or so and wewere out the door by nothing.
And again, you put your bagsout there.
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You don't have to, you know.
You just close your suitcase,you put your bag out by the door
and Vicki takes them, picksthem up and puts them back on
the motor coaster for you.
I like that, I like that a lotNow our typical tours we
actually do, and most of ourtours now this is a very, very
fast-paced tour.
Right, because we were tryingto see a lot.
Right, but most of our tours wedo try to stay two nights in
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each location.
That's right.
Yeah, because we don't wantpeople constantly having to move
.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
So we do try to stay two nights.
So you do have some more activetraveling and you have a little
less active traveling.
So you have choices, which isnice.
People need to know that Somepeople get crazy.
Speaker 3 (02:49):
Oh no, I don't want to go on a tour because it's
going to be too rushed.
But you don't.
You can make your choices Rightand you know, I kind of call a
tour like this an escorted tour,like land cruising.
Speaker 2 (02:57):
Land cruising.
Yeah, that's kind of what Icall it Land cruising.
Speaker 3 (03:01):
I actually stole that from somebody, I think I know
who but, I don't know.
So, which is really nice,because that's exactly what it
is.
It's, yes, you're kind ofliving out of your suitcase
because you can't unpackeverything, but I mean you're in
a dress, casual anyway.
It's not like you have to bringanything formal because you
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don't have any formal eveningsor anything like that, like you
would on a cruise.
You know it's very casual.
It's a very casual environment.
Speaker 2 (03:28):
Right, ireland is more casual.
Yeah, yes, which is good, whichis good.
And again, you did a lot ofwalking, yeah we did.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Actually, this day wasn't too bad, the last day
wasn't too bad, but, yeah, youdid some walking.
And again, if you don't want todo the tour, you don't want to
go some places you don't have to, you just kick back, you just
kick back.
Yeah, I've had people actuallysay you know what, I'm not going
to go on the tour and I'm justgoing to walk around a little
bit in the area and, of course,absolutely Enjoy vacation.
Speaker 2 (03:58):
That's nice, yeah, and you know I hate to tell
people this, but you have torealize there's a whole
different atmosphere in the pubsover there.
Yeah, and you go, and you knowyou go and get a pint.
You don't sit there and bewaiting it on.
Right, it's a little different,it is, yep, but once you're
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there and you go and you pickedup your pipe from the bartender
and you sit down at a table, alot of people like to chat with
you.
Speaker 3 (04:27):
Oh, the people over there are so friendly.
And so I mean I've heardstories from some of the locals.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
I know I love it, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I heard a story when I was in Sean's bar.
I said you know how do you sayit?
Do you say Celtic or Celtic?
Well, 45 minutes later you knowthe gentleman who was a regular
there at Sean's Bar, who was alocal in Apollon, and he kind of
gave me the history of Celticand Celtic.
Speaker 2 (04:51):
And we don't care how you say it, you know just say
it as long as you come visit, aslong as you come visit exactly.
So now you're on the bus andyou're heading from Galloway.
You're heading over towardsDublin, yep, but you made a pit
stop along the way.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
We did we did.
So we stopped in Newbridge.
It's a town right outside ofDublin Well, not far from Dublin
actually and we stopped at theNewbridge Silverware Factory.
Speaker 2 (05:15):
Silverware Factory.
Speaker 3 (05:16):
Yeah, silverware.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
So I mean they've been around goodness a long time
, I think I went there a longlong time, A long time.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
I think it was a long long time.
I think it was actually in 1931is when they originally started
, and all they did wassilverware.
That's all they did.
It was just silverware.
Speaker 2 (05:33):
And when you say silverware, like folks' knives,
flatware, okay, flatware, justthat, just flatware.
That's what they started with.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Oh that's what they started with, that's what they
started with was just flatwareand then they kind of evolved
from there, you know, as thetimes, as more and more people
you know, especially when peoplestopped buying silverware.
You know, silverware sets andthings like that.
They had to kind of evolve.
So we did a whole factory tourwhere they showed us exactly how
they make the flatware.
We did a whole factory tourwhere they showed us exactly how
they make the flatware.
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And then what they do is theytake, after they press the
flatware, they take theleftovers from the flatware and
make jewelry from it.
Oh okay, so that's where silverjewelry came from.
So when you walked into thefactory and that day we walked
in the factory was againpleasant surprise, because
everything was 50 to 70 percent-they had their annual sale.
Speaker 1 (06:26):
You must have liked that, you know me the shopper,
so I had to buy something.
Speaker 3 (06:31):
But yeah, it was just really, really amazing.
You can do the tour, you walkthrough, do the tour.
Again, that was included forour guests, no additional cost
or anything.
And as we walked through thetour and he told us all about
the factory and we learned allabout the company and the making
of silverware and the jewelry.
He got us through the entireprocess.
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Again, it's very nice that you have you get to see it
firsthand Something that when Iwas younger I always thought
when I got married I'm going tohave a silverware set, because
my aunt had one and I loved thebig box that it came in and it
was all velvet lined and we hadthe silverware in there.
So this sounds like somethingthat they did, yes.
Speaker 3 (07:13):
Yes, and of course now it's not entirely silver.
Speaker 1 (07:18):
You know, back then it was entirely silver.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
And now, of course, it is silver plated.
Speaker 1 (07:24):
Right, flatware, flatware, exactly.
Speaker 3 (07:27):
So it was really, really interesting just to see
that you're walking through thefactories telling you exactly
how everything's made, showingyou what the machines that they
use and all of that, and theywere melting the silver in front
of you, yeah they actually takesome of the stuff and melt it
and flatten it.
Yeah, it was very, very, veryinteresting, very interesting.
Yeah, again, it was, like youknow, a silverware factory.
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Okay, okay.
Well, again, you know walkinginto a big sale you know, that
was always really nice.
But I can tell you the mostextraordinary thing about this
place, about the New BridgeSilverware Factory, is they.
After the tour we found outthey had a museum.
A museum attached to itUpstairs, upstairs, Wow.
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So the owner wanted to bring alittle bit more as a marketing
idea.
He wanted people to see whatthey had to offer you know as
far as you know, especially whenthey started going into the
jewelry.
So he went ahead and boughtAudrey Hepburn's original black
dress from Breakfast atTiffany's.
Speaker 2 (08:32):
And she was so tiny, did the dress look tiny, so tiny
?
Speaker 3 (08:34):
So tiny and it was beautiful.
So he kind of thought if he hadthis piece people would want to
come to the factory.
Speaker 1 (08:44):
They'd want to see it .
Speaker 3 (08:45):
Well, I think they created a monster after that.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Oh no.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
Because after that he just started buying more and
more different pieces, wardrobepieces from different
celebrities.
So he has an entire museum ofwardrobe pieces from all these
celebrities.
Speaker 2 (09:04):
So name a few of the celebrities.
Elizabeth Taylor, oh, elizabethTaylor.
Speaker 3 (09:08):
Four or five different dresses, including
some from Cleopatra.
Oh, Beautiful, beautifuldresses.
They actually had the now whenPrincess Diana got married.
Not a lot of people know this,but they actually had seven
dresses that were being made.
Oh right, Because they didn'twant the press to see Right,
know this, that they actuallyhad seven dresses that were
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being made for her.
Speaker 2 (09:28):
Oh right, because they didn't want the press to
see, right, so it was a surprisewhat she was going to wear and
she picked it the day of thewedding.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
Right, she picked the dress.
So there is one of the sevendresses.
Oh, wow, there as well One ofPrincess Diana's seven dresses.
Yes, along with some of thesculptures from the designer of
all the bridesmaids and theflower girl dresses, and it was
just beautiful, beautiful.
They had a Queen Elizabeth suit, which one From Queen Elizabeth
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yeah it was just a blue suit,but they showed the picture of
her actually wearing the suit,yeah, so it was fascinating.
Oh, I Dream of Jeannie bottlethe original bottle from I Dream
of Jeannie.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Oh, how cool is that.
Speaker 3 (10:13):
He made a beautiful setting where the bottle sits.
It says I Dream of.
Speaker 2 (10:17):
Jeannie.
Speaker 3 (10:18):
So it was just.
It was a pleasant surprise.
You would never think that thismuseum would be in a silverware
factory right, right.
Speaker 2 (10:25):
It's almost like Hollywood comes to the
silverware factory.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
Yeah, it was just such a pleasant surprise.
And then there was one moresurprise at the end they
actually bring out a piece forus to actually see up close,
because everything's behindglass.
Speaker 2 (10:41):
Obviously you don't want people touching all these
pieces, right, you don't want totouch it.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
So they actually brought out a dress and they,
you know he had a little white,you know cloth and he says we
bring, we brought this out justespecially for you, right, which
made us feel special, you know.
I don't know if he did, but sohe opens the curtain and it was
Princess Diana's black dressthat she wore.
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They called it the revengedress Revenge dress.
Speaker 2 (11:08):
That was after she divorced.
It was.
Speaker 3 (11:10):
And she was still a princess, and of course a
princess can't wear anythingthat's off the shoulder, Right,
you know she was.
You know, Princess Diana,You've got a certain look right.
Well, not with this dress, itwas off the shoulder a little
low, cut above the knee with aslit in it.
You know she actually dancedwith John Travolta in this dress
.
Speaker 2 (11:29):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
I've seen pictures of that oh my goodness, I'm still
talking about it gettinggoosebumps because I stood can't
touch it, but I stood rightnext to it.
Right next to it, right next toit, and it was just an amazing,
amazing experience to know thatdress.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
She looked very petite at the time, was it?
It's very petite.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
Yeah, very petite dress yeah.
Speaker 2 (11:54):
I have no idea what size Was it?
Speaker 3 (11:55):
like a velvet.
Speaker 2 (11:57):
Was it like a velvet dress?
No, it was just a cloth dress,just a cloth dress, just a cloth
dress.
It had that shine to it.
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Yes, whoever designed the dress?
Speaker 1 (12:05):
And.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
I can't remember who did it, but just, it was a
beautiful, beautiful again, justgoosebumps standing next to it.
I tried to get as close as Icould next to it without even
touching it, you know.
It's like so, because my nameis Diana.
Speaker 1 (12:19):
So it was kind of like oh you know, it was just
amazing, amazing.
Speaker 3 (12:25):
I got tears in my eyes.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
So and this was all part of the New Bridge
silverware factory.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Yes, so this was a separate part of their factory.
Yeah, it's a museum that theyactually have.
I wonder how much more he'sgoing to be adding on to that.
Speaker 2 (12:39):
I don't know but I can't wait to go back.
I know I can't wait to go back.
Yeah, because it sounds likehe's with the I Dream of Jeannie
battle.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
It sounds like he's going after some other types of
things that will really draw inthe crowds and I took so many
pictures and I would say thatthere were probably at least 30
to 40 pieces there.
Wow, some pieces.
So his collection is gettingquite big.
Speaker 2 (13:01):
Yeah, it's getting bigger and bigger.
So another year I bet you it'llbe probably about 45 to 50.
I'm sure, I'm sure.
So now you spend time at thefactory and time at the museum.
What's next?
Speaker 3 (13:14):
Well, we had afternoon tea, High tea, where
there?
Oh, in the museum.
No, downstairs, they have alittle restaurant area and they
gave us afternoon tea with somebubbly champagne, nice, and
little sandwiches and, of course, pastries, and it was so good.
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So, that was a nice kind ofafternoon visit.
Yeah, and again, this issomething that we include in our
tours.
Speaker 2 (13:44):
I love that Celtic tours includes all of these
things.
And you had already said, everymorning is breakfast.
Speaker 3 (13:50):
Yeah, every morning is breakfast.
Speaker 2 (13:51):
So fill up our breakfast and then you got all
these different things going onand you get these teas included.
Speaker 3 (13:57):
I'm telling you, you don't go hungry.
That's good, you do not gohungry at all.
Even if you don't purchase onemeal, you're still not going to
go hungry.
Between the lunches and thebreakfasts and the dinners,
you'll never go hungry.
Speaker 2 (14:09):
Well, that's good, so now you have your afternoon tea
.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yep, and we headed back on the motor coach and we
headed for Dublin, okay, wherewe stopped at the Epic Museum,
okay.
So now you've come full circle.
We have, we've come full circle, right.
So you left Dublin and nowyou're back in Dublin.
So we again, when we originallystarted on day one, we started
in Dublin and went down southand then came up on the west
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coast there and then went rightacross.
So we did kind of what we callthe heart of Ireland.
Speaker 1 (14:41):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Because everybody knows about these areas
Waterford and the Cliffs ofMoher.
Speaker 2 (14:46):
Right Larney.
Speaker 3 (14:47):
Castle.
Speaker 1 (14:48):
Larney.
Speaker 3 (14:48):
Castle exactly.
So we kind of call that theheart of Ireland, which is one
of our tours, the heart ofIreland.
Speaker 2 (14:54):
The heart of Ireland.
It's a six-night, yeah yeah,and, like I said, it's a nice
amount of visiting.
I mean, we can do more.
And this gives you a nicesampling of what's to come.
Yeah, that, and this gives youa nice sampling of what's to
come, yeah, that's great.
So now you went to this epicmuseum.
Speaker 3 (15:10):
Yeah, the epic museum .
The epic museum is an actualimmigrant museum and we did have
a guided tour, which was nice.
It was nice With 30 peoplegoing through the epic museum.
I would have liked to have donea self-tour, because you can do
a self-tour, you can even gowith a guide and hire a guide if
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you'd like.
Where?
you can just go ahead and get aticket and go through it
yourself.
But it talks about again all ofthe migration from Ireland to
all the different parts of theworld and again it talks about
the potato famine it goes intoit's a beautiful museum, the
Heritage Museum, which I think Italked about in one of the last
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.
Yes, it's an older museum andit talks about the immigrants
leaving that area Right andgoing from that port.
And then this one is a littlemore modern and it tells you a
little bit more, not just aboutthe history, but everything that
the immigrants had to gothrough Right During that tour.
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And I Very, very modern Again,you can do it on your own.
It's a self-paced tour.
Or you can do it with a tourguide.
So is this a big place?
It is.
It's actually quite large, okay, wow, and very interactive as
well.
Oh, is it's actually quitelarge?
Okay, wow, and very interactiveas well?
Oh, interactive, it's veryinteractive.
They have a trivia, they haveall kinds of stuff, so it's very
, very interactive.
Speaker 2 (16:33):
I'm a big trivia buff .
Speaker 3 (16:34):
I love to play trivia .
Speaker 2 (16:36):
So you went to this museum and that probably took a
few hours.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
It took over an hour, over an hour.
And in that area, in that EpicMuseum area, of course, they
have some shops, oh you know,shopping.
So, they did have some shopswhere you can go shopping.
They have restrooms and thingslike that.
So it's a little area where youcan explore if you want to.
So even if you get done withthe tour early, you can still
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spend at least another you know,half hour to an hour just
exploring the area.
Speaker 2 (17:05):
Now your particular tour group that you were with
was roughly about 30 people,correct, okay.
Is that the average size of thegroups?
Speaker 3 (17:12):
No, not at all.
This was an exception.
Again, this was just a specialtour that we put together, but
typically all of our escortedtours are anywhere from 24 to 28
people.
Okay, our Heart of Ireland.
We will do 32, just becauseit's a very, very popular tour.
It's a six-night tour, so itworks out perfectly for a
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week-long vacation, right.
So we will do 32, but we keepthem on pretty small.
We don't do more than that.
Speaker 2 (17:43):
Yeah, which is kind of nice, you know, because
you're on a nice motor coach andpeople are more comfortable
when it's that you know, whenyou're not that swashed.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
Yes, yeah, it's very comfortable.
Yeah, it's not like you'resitting next to people, you
don't?
Know or anything you canactually, you know, spread out
and have some room.
Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:01):
And then, with everybody there, you all wind up
getting to know each other verywell because you're sharing
this experience together andthat makes it nice.
Speaker 3 (18:09):
Yeah, and I will tell you, I've been on several tours
, several tours, and I've alwayshad people that I have made a
difference.
You know that I still keep intouch with them.
Right, and one of the tours Idid, we are actually scheduling
a reunion, yeah.
So we're inviting you know,everybody's going to one
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location and we're going to do areunion, you know.
Speaker 1 (18:33):
A reunion tour?
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
Because we all just got along.
You know that well.
Speaker 2 (18:38):
So it is very nice and again, Ireland is a very
friendly country.
People are friendly, they wantto talk to you.
Go and have a good time.
Now we're leaving the EpicMuseum.
We are in Dublin at this point.
Speaker 3 (18:53):
Yeah, one of the things I also want to mention
about the Epic Museum is youactually explore your heritage
there?
Oh, I mentioned that at theother place, but you can do that
here at the Epic Museum as well.
So if you don't make it to Cove, you know, to the Heritage
Center there then you can dothat here as well, at the Hosea
of Dublin.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
Very nice.
You know, a lot of people arelooking into their ancestry, you
know, and that's something thatpeople need to know.
Yeah, yeah, I'm sorry, I wantedto just mention that, but.
Speaker 3 (19:20):
Yeah, I'm sorry, I wanted to just mention that, but
yes, after we left the EpicMuseum, we headed to a hotel,
again centrally located, whichis nice, yeah, very nice.
Speaker 2 (19:28):
You're leaving the next day, so you want to be near
everything, so you can just getup and go?
Speaker 3 (19:39):
Yep, so we were centrally located.
We had a few hours, so somepeople went and took a nap
because it's, you know, out thenight before in Galway.
So some of us went up and tooka nap and others were able to
explore a little bit, but thenwe all got together for a
farewell dinner.
Speaker 2 (19:48):
That's nice.
What did you have?
Where did you go?
Speaker 3 (19:52):
We went to Mary Plowboys it's an Irish music pub
kind of an entertainment placeand we all got together and we
had an amazing dinner and theyoffered all kinds of different
meals.
So I've got their lastshepherd's pie.
I had bacon and potatoes whichis actually ham and mashed
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potatoes, yeah, so it was verygood.
And of course I had to have myGuinness before I leave.
The black and black, the blackand black, yeah, that's exactly
what I had.
And then they had thisentertainment.
And what's very nice about thisplace is the gentlemen who own
it are the entertainers.
Speaker 2 (20:31):
Oh, fabulous, yeah, so they were musicians, so they
were doing.
Speaker 3 (20:33):
Irish music, irish music, irish dancing, yep, and
then they had some Irish dancersa little later on, and I'm sure
they had some sort of— Rightaround dessert time —talk.
Speaker 2 (20:41):
I had some sort of talker too as well.
I can't even imagine a pubwithout somebody telling a story
or two.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Oh, there were a lot of stories.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
Because the musicians told all kinds of stories.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
So it was a wonderful way to end our tour.
Speaker 2 (20:54):
That's nice.
It's a wonderful way to end thetour.
Now, the next day, everybodywas leaving to get back on their
planes and flights.
Now does Celtic Tour bring themto the airport?
Yes, yes, to get back on theirplanes and flights.
Now.
Does Celtic Tour bring them tothe airport?
Yes, yes.
Speaker 3 (21:06):
Your transfers are included.
Speaker 2 (21:07):
Transfers are included.
Speaker 3 (21:10):
Now we do have some people who would like to either
stay a little bit longer or theywant to go explore other areas.
I had two people who went toScotland, so they didn't do the
transfer back to us, right, sothey went ahead and stayed a
little bit longer and then justtook a cab to the airport and
then they went to Scotland,because it wasn't until later on
that evening.
But again, those are all thingsthat, since you're in Europe,
(21:33):
you might as well go and explore.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
You've got the time.
Speaker 3 (21:35):
Yeah, you've got the time.
Might as well, do it.
Speaker 2 (21:39):
And this is something else that Celtic tours can do.
So if they did this six day,five night they could say well,
you know, I want to do this.
Speaker 3 (21:49):
But I want to add Scotland in Yep.
Celtic tours can accommodatefor that.
We can actually help them withthat and we do have people who
will do back-to-back tours,because we do tours in Scotland
or we do tours in Wales orEngland.
So we have people who will doone tour and then turn around
and do another tour in anotherarea, so they're getting a nice
mix of everything.
Speaker 2 (22:07):
Yeah, that's very nice.
Yes, so now your trip is over.
Was it sad leaving?
Yeah, the next morning.
Speaker 3 (22:13):
we had to get up a little early and we had to be
out the door by 7 o'clock in themorning.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Because that's when the bus brings everybody to the
airport.
Speaker 1 (22:19):
Because that was the shuttle time for that.
It's a shuttle time for that.
Speaker 3 (22:22):
So basically, what happens is we take a look at
everybody's flight schedule,because it's only one shuttle,
it's not like they keep goingback and forth, back and forth.
So it's only one shuttle, so wetake a look at everybody's time
frame and we kind of make it towhere it's best for everybody.
And again, if somebody doeshave to leave, I've had guests
who had to leave, you know, at3.30 in the morning, to be in
(22:43):
the airport at 4.30 in themorning, right, because they
took a six o'clock flight.
I never knew that, but that'sokay.
So then you know they wouldhave to get their own
transportation for that, youknow, because there was only one
shuttle.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Right, one shuttle leaves at this one particular
time and then gets you to theairport.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Yeah, so it was sad.
We all said our good deviseRight.
So I was set up that eveningand the next day and we were on
our way With Celtic tours.
Is it possible that if somebodywants everything included, they
want to do this, they want todo that and they want airfare.
(23:18):
Can Celtic tours work?
Speaker 2 (23:19):
with that, we can do the airfare with them as well.
We can do airfare, which isgreat, yeah.
So basically one-stop shoppingit can be.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2 (23:27):
Except when you go to the shops.
Then you got to shop on yourown.
Yeah, I'm sorry, yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Shop, shop on your own.
Shop on your own Some dinnerswhen you go, because we do try
to give free time, we don't want, you know again, we don't want
everybody to feel that they haveto be.
You know, do what, exactlybecause there are some people
who don't enjoy that.
Speaker 2 (23:47):
So we try to give free time as well.
Right, so there's some freetime.
Midstan, you can wander on yourown or just go back to the
hotel room and take a nap Yep.
Get ready for the nighttime funYep.
So there's lots and lots ofthings that Celtic Tour can do.
You can contact your traveladvisor and say I want to do
this with Celtic Tours.
The travel advisor will contactCeltic Tours and say I have a
client that wants to do this,this, this and this, and Celtic
(24:08):
Tours will sit down with atravel advisor and say, okay,
let's get this checked off, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 3 (24:14):
And even if they don't know exactly what they
want to do, let's say forexample they look at one of our
escorted tours.
I'll do an escorted tour.
We can actually help them planthe trip for them as well.
You can go onto our website andtake a look at our website and
there's actually travel plannerson there and the website is
it's CelticTourscom.
That's very easy, yeah veryeasy.
Speaker 2 (24:35):
We made it easy, Diana.
I can't wait to hear about yournext adventures with Celtic
Tours and thank you again forjoining me.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
No, thank you so much for having me.
This has been so much fun.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
I'm going next time Okay.
Speaker 1 (24:53):
Well, that's it for today's episode of the Zee
Michelson Travel Podcast.
I hope you enjoyed our journeyand found some new inspiration
for your next adventure.
New inspiration for your nextadventure.
Remember, the world is full ofstories and sometimes all it
takes is a plane ticket to startyour own adventure.
If you loved today's episode,be sure to tune in every week
(25:15):
and don't forget to share yourfavorite travel moments with me
on social media.
I'd really love to hear aboutwhere you're headed to next.
So until next time, keepexploring, keep discovering and,
as always, keep traveling withyour heart wide open.
I'm Zee Michelson and I'll seeyou on the next adventure.
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