May_June 2020

Extended Travel

Nashville Getaway April 2021

Enchanting Ireland September 7-16, 2021

Join us for a wonderful getaway to Music City USA. Nashville is home to great country music and fun. We will hop abroad a motor coach and start our adventure with a stop on the way to Nashville in Paducah, KY. We will find something fun to do, have dinner, and rest up for our fabulous time in Nashville. Enjoy four nights at the world-famous Opryland Hotel as well as a star-studded show at the Grand Ole Opry. Relax aboard the General Jackson Showboat with a fantastic dinner and show. Strut your stuff at the Wildhorse Saloon with a BBQ lunch and line dancing lessons. Walk through the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of country music and hear about the stars that have recorded #1 hits at Studio B. All this and more make for a toe-tapping good time. We will say good-bye to Nashville and stop in St Louis, MO, for more fun and an overnight stay. On our last day we will have breakfast and depart for home with new friends, new dance moves, and great memories. Dates and details to follow.

Join friends old and new on a delightful trip through one of the most beautiful

and friendly countries in the world—Ireland!

We’ll fly to Dublin andmeet our Irish driver/guide who will bring the “Emerald Isle” to life through fascinating stories and song. In Dublin we’ll see the stately Georgian Squares, statue-filled O’Connell Street and visit the Guinness Brewery. In Glendalough stroll through a 6th-century cemetery filled with ancient Celtic crosses and roundhouses. We’ll visit the House of Waterford Crystal, and Blarney Castle where you can kiss its famous stone. During our three-night stay in Killarney we’ll dine at Kate Kearney’s Cottage complete with traditional Irish music and dancing. We’ll drive the breathtaking Ring of Kerry, view an exciting sheepdog demonstration, and be enchanted by the scenery along the Dingle Peninsula with its beautiful patchwork fields of a green. We’ll make a special stop at the Dingle Cookery School where we will don aprons and learn how to make a rich and tasty chowder using fresh local seafood. We will also bake brown soda bread and create some- thing sweet to follow. One of the highlights of our trip will be an overnight stay and dinner at the majestic, five-star Dromoland Castle, ancestral home of the O’Brien’s of Dromoland. Then we continue on to the iconic Cliffs of Moher, which rise 600 feet over the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. As we bid farewell to the Emerald Isle we’ll take home with us warmmemories of a beautiful land, friendly people, and of course, the wonderful stories and music of the Irish! The cost of the trip is still being negotiated.

Travel Preview: Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 6:30 p.m., MidWest One Bank at 9th & Main St., 12th floor. Call 589.0804 to register to attend.

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