The changing of the guard is a conspiracy drawn up by the natives to suck all of the tourists into a concentrated area for a few hours each day. nothing more. we are all suckers.

this is nothing short of blasphemy, but i do not believe we will be making it to ireland anymore. a plane ticket was 60 pounds for a one way; i really don't feel like dropping 240 american dollars to fly there. taking the ferry isn't much better. i guess we messed up by not booking in advance; perhaps we can do it in our free time before we leave for the states in late july.

met some cool scots named jen and jamie at a pub last night. i would really be interested in hitting up scotland on the way back. shame we won't be here in august, evidently they have some crazy festival in edinburg(?) in aug.