On our final full day in Scotland we decided to travel to the small island of Iona, off the cost of Mull. It was about a 2 hour drive from Tobermory -- somewhat due to a young man in our car who shouldn't eat eggs on toast and then read in the car!
To get to Iona you must take a small ferry (no cars allowed) and this was the only day we really had a good Scottish rainy day. The ferry ride is quite quick (20 min) and the whole island would take you about 45 min to walk.
The abbey at Iona was the location where the Book of Kells was written - a famous Christian text, richly painted and now housed at the Unniversity of Dublin (funny enough Sherri and I saw it on our trip there about 9 years ago). The abbey is still very active (a service was on while we were there) but it is full of history and Europe's oldest door (how do they check these sorts of things?).
The rain did send us back a little earlier than expected - but Sherri and Callie came home with some wonderful jewelry and we had a great lunch. It was an impressive place to see.
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