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June 26, 2022 Our bags are packed. We're ready to go . . . . and we're not leaving for another 10 hours. Better to be prepared. We are traveling first to London for a little less than a week, then to the Isle of Mull, via Scotland. Mull is close to the Isle of Iona , where St. Columba brought Christianity to Scotland. We'll travel from there to the Highlands region, staying in two different locations, communing with ancient stones as well as visiting the Findhorn Foundation , a center for "transformative learning." After bopping around that region for about a week, we'll head to Ullapool, where we will take the ferry to the Isle of Lewis, home of the Calanais Standing Stones .  We've got a week there in a "pod," a very basic lodging basically in the middle of nowhere. When we leave that quiet spot, we'll have a challenging day, attempting to travel down to Edinburgh in one day. Can't miss the ferry! We'll have two nights in the capita...