Update after a long time

Hey everyone! This should be some kind of lengthy update since I haven't given you guys any information. So here's whats new:
Oxford: we spent 3 nights in oxford with Weiss and Sam Kennedy. The first night we slept 15 hours, then we basically hit up a bunch of pubs, ate frequently kebabs (only Hussain's, nobody elses, if you eat anywhere else weiss will kill you). Apparently, there is a inter-kebab war, and all the students are choosing sides, haha. Oxford is a great little city with a ton of personality and history. The schools are all walled off so as to prevent their students from being killed by angry poor rioters. We went to see Mozart Requiem performed at the Sheldonian, it was really beautiful and I'm glad we were there (Sam and Dallas and I).

Then, we left and headed into London, where we met up with Hahn. We walked around the city for a while. Then, we caught a train east to Three Bridges (past gatwick) and met up with one of Dallas' friends, this guy named Rob. Dallas met him in Jamaica, and he drove us about 30 minutes to this guy Simon's house, another friend of Dallas from Jamaica. It was Simon's 21st birthday, and we were invited to the party.

And it was quite a party, haha. We showed up to see about 50 british people, including some beautiful girls, and all the beer and wine we could drink. We settled in and started getting to know the people (including one girl named Erin who will from now on be referred to as Lady Battered). There was food and stuff also. Then, Simon comes down and tells us he's about to light the bonfire, so we curiously follow him outside to see a huge pile of wood about 50 feet high. They light it, it burns and looks really cool, and then a massive fireworks display goes on for about 45 minutes afterward. It was incredibly cool to watch. We spent the rest of the night enjoying the festivities (including a stripper that Simon's mom had bought for him) and the casual atmosphere. We talked with some girls, including Lady Battered, who quickly became completely battered, hence the name. The party was awesome, we stayed out at Rob's place for the night, then headed back into London in the morning.

The next day, we walked around London with Hahn some more. it happened to be Remembrance day so it was a good day for sightseeing. We saw Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abby (the bells were awesome, the reverberations just keep going, its pretty powerful), Big Ben, Parliament, everything on the west side of the city. We walked north checked out Speaker's Corner, which was hilarious. Crazy people just stand up and start yelling stuff about politics, and people can try to contradict them and stuff. This mean old lady was talking about how English people are the only race before God and being really racist and mean and stuff, and a guy walks up and holds a sign next to her that says "Free Hugs". Pretty funny. Then, everyone started singing "always look on the bright side of life". Great times at Speakers Corner.
We continued along Oxford Street, where I bought a totally awesome yet bougie hat. You'll see pictures soon. We then headed back to the Hotel we got for that night and chilled for a few minutes, before meeting up with Kahlie and heading down that night to the Tower of London. We walked along the waterfront (Thames) at night, crossed the Tower Bridge, and made our way to the London Eye only to discover that it closed about 5 minutes earlier. Oh well, next time. So we grabbed dinner and called it a night. We caught the flight to Edinburgh the next day.

We met up with Bill yesterday, got food at his place (sketchiest point system ever, 6 points, and we had to sneak in, it was rough, and the food wasn't even very good. whatever, we're cookin tonight, booya). Today Dal and I walked around the city for a few hours in the morning, bought a shirt, climed this mountain and saw a totally badass monument for Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson. It went something like this:
"To Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson
the hero of the great victory at Trafalgar
from the grateful people of Edinburgh
erect this monument
not in unavailing sorrow at his death
nor yet in the matchless glories of his life
but in the hope that their sons will emulate
their dreams, and, like him, face the duty with bravery to die for their country"
so tight. Then, we met up with Howell and Winky at a pub, had some food and Guiness Extra Cold-- you have to have it if you're in Europe, the best guiness ever. Yeah, so thats it, we're at Howell's place right now, we catch Bill in an hour, booya tribe

hit you up soon
much love
A

PS: Bill is gonna come to Morocco with us! Booya again.
PPS: I really love the show Heroes.