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Today I ate haggis nachos.

I don't think I've enjoyed myself so much in a long time! Even stupid grocery store items are fantastic (the butter! the honey! the peanut butter! the 2 liter bottle of alcoholic cider! egg salad from the discount rack!) There's all kinds of weird history things to do. I saw a great jazz band called TJ Muller and the Dixie...
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Today went to the Scottish National Gallery and to Pancho Villa's. The gallery was a little unpleasant for a few reasons, not the least of which was that my shoes were sopping wet -- I was squishing all over the place when I first got in, and made multiple trips into the bathrooms to try to dry out my shoes with the little hand...
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It looks like it is back to Santa Fe with me. I'm never going to escape that awful place.

Well, my parents just got a house in Santa Fe, so I definitely now have that possibility of moving back with them (and not with grandma!) if needed...

Trouble is I just remember what a miserable world Santa Fe is.

Edinburgh would be a little tricky to stay in -- especially with some unfortunate timing thanks to local festivals and the Olympics in London --...
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Feeling a little better today, though I have a bad cough and runny nose still. Edinburgh is kind of pleasantly boring so far -- there's plenty of things to do if I want, which is really how I like things to be. Sadly won't get to enjoy this too long, I'm really pretty much out of money and need to buy a plane ticket to...
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Seem to be really sick in Edinburgh (probably caught something on the bus from France.) I'm taking cold medicine full of ingredients that are illegal in the US but it's not helping very much.

I did eat a deep fried candy bar, though, so at least we're making some progress.

I have made it to Edinburgh after much effort. I got my bus from Paris (which did indeed use the Chunnel -- the bus gets loaded up like cargo onto the train and is carried across) which left about 45 minutes late. I met a British guy (who was also going to Edinburgh, though by different travel arrangements than mine; I invited him to spend...
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After three times trying to book tickets to Edinburgh (4 if you count that I was perfectly willing to use RyanAir's website but it wouldn't acknowledge my orders) I think I have a horrible sounding journey arranged beginning tomorrow of getting out of France by bus (using the chunnel? I have no idea) and arriving sometime the following day, presumably after sleeping overnight in a...
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So I am in Reims now, where the kings of France used to be crowned. I kind of like it here -- it's a little expensive but not ghastly like Paris where you'd pay 7 for a waffle (here it's 3.) (And note a waffle here is food you buy from stands and eat with your hands, like churros or hot dogs in the US.)...
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The sexual harrassment in France (or at least Paris) is unbearable. I used to live next to a homeless shelter in Santa Fe, so I put up with a bit from people who are homeless due to the fact that this is how they act so they can't get real jobs -- but here in France it seems it'll be any guy who you happen...
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Things done in France:

Eiffel tower (didn't go into it, I don't really care about that part)
Notre Dame
Comedie Italienne - saw The Servant of Two Masters, in French
Museum of the Middle Ages
The Louvre (this museum is too big, they need to sell some kind of half-ticket so you don't have to try to see all of it at one time)
Rue...
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Updated http://sites.google.com/site/sweeneytoddhistoire/ with some new pictures of Rue de la Harpe! When I get the chance I suppose I shall have to add pictures of old Paris maps to show how the street used to lay.