Beagoraaahhhhh and such

Well hello from Dublin again!! When I last left you we were going on a city tour. Well, we did that. It was actually really cool and interesting. We got off at the national Irish museum that was actually really not very interesting. They did have these bog bodies though, which were human remains that were found completely preserved by peat and stuff... Weird and gross but cool. It was around 530, so moat of the cool museums and stuff were closed. We saw the outside of the Guinness storehouse though!! Haha we could e gone in if we were a bit earlier, but Alack and alas, we weren't. Also, for those of you in mrs maakells English lit class, do you remember Jonathan swift???? He wrote gullivers travels and the modest proposal? Well, turns out he's Irish and from Dublin. Near the end of his life he typing he was going insane so he donated a bunch of money to go to an insane asylum out in the countryside so crazy peoples screams wouldn't be heArd by city folk. Anyways, his body was dug upbNd examined a while later, and it turned of he just had some ear disease...sucks.
Today we did a south coast tour of Ireland, where we got to see the ocean and coastaltowns and ended up at this fancy castle with fancygardens. We saw sinead oconnors house!! It was in a really pretty seaside town. Just divine.
Tomorrow we are off to France. To Normandy, more specifically. But we can't figure out how to get around without renting a car... But well figure something out.
Ta for now

--t

i apologize, this is going to be a very boring entry.

well, after flying in (late) and searching for a very long time in the dark, we found our hostel.
thank you nerdy german tourists!
anyways, we got in to our hostel last night and it was very comfortable, but its right in the city center, so its very noisy, as buses are constantly running.
oh well, a cheap place to stay is a cheap place to stay.
we went walking around today and haven't really seen much, mostly just walked up one road...but it was a lovely road. with a cool Spire, and a memorial gardens with a pond in the shape of a cross. beautiful, just beautiful. so thats what we've been up to today...
we're probably going to go on a hop on- hop off bus tour right after i finish this, though. and go all over dublin, seeing the guinness storehouses and stuff like that.
tomorrow we're thinking about doing an all over ireland tour, which sounds very cool, but quite expensive, so we're still on the fence about that. as well, it leaves at 7 am. and i just hadn't planned on being up that early for a very long time....so...i guess we'll see? yeah. lets go with that.
i like ireland so far, everyone is very pleasant.
like canadians...with accents.
quaint.

anyways, ta for now.

--t

Alton Towers

so yesterday, jake's kind of cousin and his wife took us to this place called Alton Towers. its this theme park thats built on the grounds of an old castle type thing, and the castle is there still, too. anyways,there was this stupidly scary ride called Oblivion which i did not go on, thank goodness, but Garreth and Jake did. it was a roller coaster and it took them very slowly up this massive hill, then kind of stopped right as they were w=about to plunge over this completely vertical drop. like, completely vertical. into a black hole. literally. WHO DOES THAT???? it looked so ridiculously scary im so glad i didnt go on it.
i did, however, go on FIVE OTHER ROLLER COASTERS!!!!!!!!!!! i dont do roller coasters, and i went on five of them! real ones!!! fast ones, plunging ones, upside down ones, lying down ones. ahh yes, i did them all by myself :) not really, cause i sat with jake the whole time. but kind of..

anyways, google Alton Towers. I went on Rita, Thirteen, Air, Nemesis, and Sonic Spinball. so if you can find those, like videos or anything, be proud of me. ahh yes.

we are off to ireland tonight, and im really quite nervous about it...so lets just hope it goes well!

also, i really wanted to try a Chomp, which is some kind of chocolate bar caitlin and lisa told bme about, but i couldnt find them ANYWHERE. soo we asked Garreth and emma,and they took us to a convenient store, and they didnt have them. but they found Curly Wurlys, which i guess are the same kind of. and they were so delicious. it was just chocolate with toffee in it..but it was just sooo good. and apparently im getting to try a Chomp today! yayayayayaaaaa!!!!!
miss you all :)

--t

holla from sheffield

hi guys :)
so kind of awkward...we got to sheffield train station without talking to jakes famjam, and then we called and they were like 'oh...um...we're leaving for the weekend. but come to our house anyways and well figure it out'...and we were like...kay... but then it all worked out and we had a lovely weekend and met lots of jakes lovely british and child-filled family and went to Chatsworth (gerry, i hope you're reading this. if not, hailee or anna, if you're reading this, can you tell gerry we went to chatsworth?? k thanks) and it wwas so cool. it was this big old castle manor type thing with these massive grounds and gorgeously kept gardens and it was so regal and there were portriats of all the royalty (dukes and duchesses) and their fancy dogs that they kept..yeahh that was a bit odd. anyways the grounds were so nice!! i loooved them, and...decided i want to live in a castle.
and then...tomorrow i guess we are going to an amusement park..with rides...and im stressing a little bit over this situation...oh well..see how it goes.

thenon tuesday we're going to ireland.and it was a very long and complicated situation of how we were going to get there, and we finally figured it out and stuff, so hopefully all goes well. ugh, stressful. frickin.
and then ont he first we are off to france! huzzahhhh! lets hear it for baguettes, berets, and the beautiful.

--t

ps. miss you all incredibly and am just getting over a bout of homesickness from last night. :)

hello all!
well, what a productive day in london was had.
it was absolutely disgustingly pouring rain (i loved it) from the time we woke up until about 2, but nonetheless, enjoyment was had. we bussed our way down to the London Eye, and it was so freaking amazing!! £17.99 per person, but still, ridiculous. we got in the bubble with about 10 other people, and got to see how big london really was! we were right across the river from the parliament buildings and big ben, and could see the whole of Thames. which was very extremely dirty, but still, kinda cool.
it was sabout half an hour, and we got sooo high up in the air. uhm, yeah it was cool.

we then walked across one of the bridges to the parliament buildings and just walked around for a while. we went to Trafalgar square and the ministry of defence building and it was really cool.
once we got back across the river, however, jake decided he needed mcdonalds, and although i was not hungry, i ate it as well, and have had a stomach ache ever since :(
i have banned mcdonalds the rest of the trip.
ah well.
still, quite an eventful day, we got a lot of sightseeing in, and a lot of pictures!!!

--t

i think london just got rickrolled...

SO last night we went for a walk, and found the Thames Path, which is a path, right along the Thames River. Which may seem pretty obvious, except its like, right beside our hostel. and it looks at and leads us right to the LONDON BRIDGE!!! AHHHHHHHHHH so exciting!!! like, it was so pretty, i still can hardly believe that we were there. especially right at dusk, it was soo gorgeous.
also, as we were about to walk up the stairs to it, we passed this pub, and there was a some jazz versions of popular songs. as we were walking up it was yellow, by coldplay...and when we walked down, it was Never gonna give you up, by rick astley.
i kid you not.

it was beautiful.

anywhooo today we went to the Imperial War Museum and it was really emotional and lovely, except we were there for far too long, in my opinion. but jake was happy, so i was like, whateva. it was still really cool. there were exhibits from world war 1 to present day, and there was a whole exhibit dedicated to children in WW2. i cried. lots. it was amazing.
we walked back to the hostel from it (bad idea) and it was so far. blech. but we got to see so much of london, it was really cool
also, nobody in london smiles at strangers. i try to smile at people when we pass them and they usually keep there eyes on the ground or pretend they don't see.
and apparently their dogs aren't that outgoing either. i saw a dog in a park, and was like 'puppy! puppyyyy!' and it looked up, and instead of wagging its tail...he ran away.
WHO DOES THAT???

so probably the london eye tomorrow, wish us luck!!!

xoxoxo
--t

LONDON

HI IM IN LONDON!!!
like, where harry potter is. speaking of harry, we came by train into King's Cross Station! LIKE WHERE HARRY POTTER IS!!!
except it was all under construction and looked nothing like the movie, and i was all, wtf...but you could tell the thought was there!!!!!!

yayayayayaaaaaa!!

the hostel we're at is a YHA hostel, and its so much nicer than the one in edinburgh. more like,a  hotel. and i got a full whole nights sleep without waking up!! PRAISE DA LORD.
anddd we have less than 5 minutes on this computer so ill be quick.

it took forever for us to find our hostel, and we got in and our cards werent working, so we coudln't pay! so we looked for an atm, and we got back casue it didnt work, and they were like,w hateva, we'll just take your passports and let you sleep and you can pay in the morning. so we did.
HURRAY!

kay, love you lots!

--t

you're acnes cute.

HI FRIENDS
i have followers now that im not in vernon anymore...ya ya ya ya ya!!!
we're in glasgow now...and its just not as nice as edinburgh at all....its like new york city in the way of cleanliness, and like an extremely religious town in theway that nowhere is open on sundays. not even coffeeshops...EVERYONE WANTS COFFEE ON FREAKING SUNDAY MORNINGS, WHY ARENT THEY TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION????????

also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHOEBIE!! i love you and miss you, babygirl.
also, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO CAITLIN! it was yesterday, and i didnt put it on here.

sooo..we're staying in a hotel here, cause it was cheaper than the hostels, and....its so big and nice...except the bed is hard and the duvet weighs 9375943771 pounds....or 4678945889 kilos. :)
i didnt sleep last night.when we got there i took a nap, and then from 10 at night (local) to 5 in the morning (still local)i was awake.
balls, i tell you. it was balls.
anyways, i was starvingt this morning and ittook foreverto find somewhereto eat so we finaly did and i got scrambled eggs on toast, and the eggs made the toast soggy, with yogurt and fruit...but the yogurt was plain...not vanilla, but PLAIN. who willingly eats that? me...because it was somewhat good.
i like coffee.
and need more of it.

--t.

Trains planes and automobiles.

Gaaaaaahh!!!!!!! So after an excruciatingly long and wonderful day in Edinburgh we had to depart. We had walked the 287 stairs to the top of the scottmonment... Kind of balls but soo rewarding. We walked around for so long and saw solo much. We had lunch at this takeaway place called... I don't remember butit was French. We got Hess burgers with cheese, but it was like, shredded cheese, and it burned and hardened around the edges and was so delicious. For supper we went to his place thAt reminded me exactly of the talkin donkey. Same cause and beliefs, insteAd of being focused on coffee though it was focused on the food, which was amazing. Penne with chorizo in a sun dried tomAto sauce? Yes please!!! We also walked around at nighht on a Saturday, and I keptmy head down but a couple guys said hello to jAke.. We think. Their Scottish was unintelligable. After we checked out we went to Edinburgh castle, which was so beautiful and expensive but worth it!!!!! It was actually amazing, words can't reAlly explain. Were now in Glasgow, and we haven't explored yet. Just slept. :)


--t

IM IN SCOTLAND.

as you read this i am in scotland. edinburgh.

and holy crap its just how you picture it.
although most of the main roads are paved, there are, indeed, cobblestone roads. how happy do you think i am? like...so happy.
also, i have seen four people with tartan on. two of which were kilts.
love it.
uhm...im in an internet cafe thing, and we just came from a really cool scottish tourist shop. and they have all of their cashmere items on sale for 50% off....i almost bought stuff...uh oh...

the flight...was so long. and i slept for some of it, very uncomfortably.

and our hostel beds are very comfortable!! yay yay yayyyy!
alrightt.....bye :)

--t

IM LEAVING TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!






kbye.

and when you smile, the whole world stops and stares for a while.

soo i tried to make a vlog, but it wouldn't for the life of me upload onto this....im so sorry. truly, truly i am.

anyways, who cares, im leaving IN TWO FREAKING DAYS. THREE MORE SLEEPS.

yeahh holy cow. 

im all packed, well, my clothes are and thats all that matters.

i need to buy...bandaids. and nail clippers. and ibuprofin.

and then im all done :) :) :) :) :) :) ayayayayyayayaaaaaaaaa

holy bajolie im so excited!!! 

also, have you ever noticed how beautiful street lights look in the rain at night? like when they reflect off the road? its so pretty to me, and i love driving in the rain at night, just so i can see stuff like this. have a good night, think about the rainy streets. its in the little things.

--t

love.

ima get your heart racing in my skin tight jeans.

SOOOO 8 days until we leave.
oh dear.
im soo nervous its kind of ridiculous.
also, i just spelled it 'riduculoud' and i laughed...to myself.

heh...
anyways. yeah. so i started my packing list and a practice packing sesh and im realizing now that i have no idea what kind of clothes i will need and how much to pack and all of that stuff, which is slightly worrysome. also slightly worrysome, we don't have our flights booked home yet. WHOOPSIE. haha. maybe if we put it off long enough i wont have to come home and can find a sweet career in a foreign country. or we'll win the british lottery or something. basically the same thing.

also, a quick congratulations to TAYLOR SMITH FOR GETTING HER FREAKING N!!!!!!! im so proud of you babygirl, and also proud that you have indeed actually been using your license and driving by yourself. and im super duper proud that you went to get your food all by yourself, even going into the restaurant. :) you're coming so far. you'll be ready to move in with me in NO TIME :) hahahaha.
i love you.

also, i was at work this morning, and my whole back started hurting. and...it just definitely hasn't stopped. what is this? like, nine hours. i really hope i'll wake up and it'll be better. :) thats what i'm pulling for.

anyways, prayers for our trip would be lovely. im so excited and will start keeping you guys much more updated, seeing as we're leaving in eight days.
yeyeyeyeyeyeyeeee.

--t.

blahh

it's always going to get better.
but what about the one timethat it won't get better, right?
like, fight, make up, fight, make up, fight....don't ever make up.
it didn't get better, it got worse, it ended.
things end. and usually before they end, they get worse. it's either sad, because you know its over, or its anger, because you know it's going to end and you don't want it to.
it's kind of frustrating. and by kind of i mean a lot of frustrating.
sure you can hope it's not the end of things, but how will you know, until after its over?

now, on a lighter note, we booked our flights. we're now flying into edinburgh scotland on september 15th!
which is very exciting, and definitely a change compared to what we had planned out.

and on a LIGHTER note than that.
im watching the jersey shore aftershow...and wtf is this ronnie and sammie business? they look almost 30...but act 13? that about right? yeah?
like...if you had them on facebook...would they clog your thread with going from single to in a relationship to its complicated?
would they have a valid anniversary on facebook?
oh, im so glad i don't worry about these things.

and now, a few thoughts from a very funny person who i've never personally met, but seemed to stumbleupon.

http://www.bangitout.com/articles/viewarticle.php?a=2874

also, stacey, i love you and miss you already. you're going to do so amazing at queens, and everyone will love you. if not...take your shirt off? that'll help.
xoxo.

--t