Day 1

• England is awesome. Obviously. In one day, we managed to do Buckingham Palace, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben, changing of the Guard, Picadilly Circus, go out to a "Sherlock Holmes" themed bar (with 10 pound drinks! ahh!), ride the tube, get souvenirs, eat Hadley's fish & chips, and walk about 10 miles. awesome.
• I'm going to move here someday.. everything just sounds 800x times cooler and nicer in an English accent.
• today was also the day I managed to re-injure my ankle (thank you, Mikey..).. so I've been hobbling since. I think I might have torn something (it's BAD), but I will soldier on. I currently have a bag of ice taped to my ankle, and I'm sure the Scots think I'm insane. haha oh well:)
• We are currently sitting in a cute little coffee shop called "Black Medicine" in Scotland with our awesome room hosts. Seriously, they're the best. Alie and I are sharing a "box room" (basically a large closet) with a mattress on the floor with sleeping bags on top. It's like upgraded camping- but everything is better in Scotland because the accents are AWESOME, we had DELICIOUS Indian food for dinner sitting around a table on the floor in the cutest little apartment ever, and our hosts are the best. We couldn't possibly begin to thank them enough.
• Alie woke up sick this morning, and my ankle is getting progressively worse, but we are TOUGH and we're still going to walk the Royal Mile today and do Edinburgh Castle.. which is right down the street from where we're staying.
• Also- sidenote- the mascot of the high school of the girl's we're staying with is the unicorn. the UNICORN. They have school jackets and sweatshirts, all with a sweet unicorn crest on them. I cannot express in words how jealous I am. I think I missed my calling to grow up in Scotland.

I'll post more later- but as of now, Scotland is one of the coolest places I've ever been:)

here are some picssss: