Half the fun of Iona is getting there. A forty-five minute ferry ride from Oban to the island of Mull, an hour plus bus ride across the island, another 10 minute ferry ride…and there you are. It’s worth the trip. We were blessed with a beautiful day to see this important site for the spread of the Christian faith, founded by the Irish monk Columba in the early 500’s. It seems that Columba got in a serious disagreement with another monk and had to leave Ireland. (Even monks can’t get along sometimes.) Iona became the launching pad for evangelizing much of Scotland, and for the reintroduction of the faith to England after the fall of the Roman empire. It’s an inspiring place with a living interdenominational Christian community still based there and doing considerable work in the community and in urban parts of Glasgow. For you history buffs Macbeth is buried in the graveyard along with about 40 of the ancient kings of Scotland. A great day on Iona and then back to Oban for another night. Edinburgh here we come.