Apparently we Americans are not the only ones who enjoy blowing things up to celebrate national independence. We have recently discovered that every November the British not only hold massive fireworks displays, but they also burn effigies of Guy Fawkes on huge bonfires. For those of you who haven't recently watched 'V for Vendetta', Guy Fawkes was the one caught in the basement of the Houses of Parliment ready to ignite a few hundred barrels of gunpowder. Needless to say he's not well regarded in this country! The logical way to celebrate the anniversary of his being caught is obviously to pretend to burn him while drinking lots of mulled wine and shooting off a ton of fireworks.
We were joined for this event by our friends Lori Mitchell and Carisa Richardson (soon to be Osvaldik) who worked with Casie in Seattle. They were just as confused as us about what we were celebrating, but we all agreed that it was the most kick-ass fireworks show we'd ever seen (sorry America). We also walked through 4 parks, went to a church service at Westminster Abbey, and checked out Buckingham Palace. Not too shabby for one day! The rest of the week we hit up a bunch of restaurants all across this fine city and spent most of our working hours hung over. Can't wait for Lori and Carisa to come out again next year!
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