ok.....so...this picture here, on the left, is doyle in 15 years after he takes piping lessons from my bro. it's a little blurry, but i mean, come on. there's no mistaking it. this guy is pretty great as you're passing by, but when he's playing all night not even half a block from your apartment, you can imagine it gets a little annoying. oh well.

the four pictures above old man doyle are of the quay just past the city center during low and high tide. amazing difference! sometimes it floods here during high tide, but thankfully we haven't been having too much rain.

the two pictures at the top are of our adventure to Connemara and Kylemore Abbey. we took a day tour of the area and it was beautiful and magical.


just a couple more updates of what's been going on with us. jacob is now working full-time for a coffee/sandwich shop called Mocha Beans. he's bringing home the bread, so that's good. i've turned down two jobs in restaurants (one of which was Mocha Beans) and am currently on the prowl for a part-time job in retail. i have some pretty promising prospects, so i'm hopeful that work will begin this week. either way, i'm not really worried yet. we have some great roommates in an apartment right on the main street (shop street) so if anyone wants to come visit, you'll have a free place to stay. we've had some good times and gotten to hear some good trad irish music and we also got to see State Radio, a band started by one of the former members of Dispatch (look them up on myspace, bro!), for FREE in a really sweet venue about a 5 minute walk from our apartment. all is well and beautiful. not too much rain yet until today really. life is good. April comes to visit this week, so that's very exciting. hopefully we'll get to have some amazing adventures together in the motherland!

love to all!