Day Two

We still haven't recovered from the jetlag, since we didn't wake up till noon again today and could have slept even longer. The fact that we stayed up till after 1:00 AM playing Balderdash last night may not have helped. Kelly's first time playing and she won...even after Grainne was making a spectacle of the whole thing..."let's see how the American's are"...guess we showed her! haha did anyone know that it's a Utah law that all birds have the right-of-way on all highways? Hmmm...who would have thought!?!

Before that victorious game, we went for a walk with the two "white" dogs called Charlie and Willow. Considering that we both hate dogs, it was quite the highlight of the evening. Stinky breath is all I have to say about dogs. We did walk to an adorable cottage down the road...thatch roof and red door...amazing. Then took the pathway down to the river where some boats were docked. The dogs almost attacked a guy and his golden retriever on the way down haha.

Yesterday, Fionnuala had gotten us tickets for the Wassa Wassa drumming workshop at The Dock, a venue in Carrick, for this afternoon. The teacher was an Irish man who had spent 13 years studying the different instruments and music/dance art forms in Africa and was very charismatic. The class was filled with a random assortment of people...from small children, to musicians, to eccentric old German women who get really into drumming...even closed her eyes to feel the beat a bit better during her "solo." During this class, we both decided that it's better to watch drummers than to attempt the art ourselves...let's be honest, we all know the drummer's the hottest band member 90% of the time anyway.