Ok, this post is a little late. But better late than never. With the presidential election coming up, I’ve been paying much closer attention to the news coming out of the US and thinking about my home country much more than usual. So I guess sharing about my Fourth of July is a little bit topical after all?
Anyways… it was my first Independence Day on American soil in a few years, so I was pretty excited. I headed over to my friends’ place for some good food and fireworks (Thanks, Ben and Stacy!).
I even brought along a little face paint to keep the spirit of last year’s celebration in Abu Dhabi. Plus, since I did this for Canada Day, I felt like I owed America a little something.
After the sun went down we were in the perfect location to watch the Oak’s Bottom firework show. Then we did a few of our own.
Personally, I stuck to sparklers. My dad trained me well regarding the dangers of shooting roman candles out of your hand. (Even if it does look pretty cool in pictures).
It was definitely a successful evening.
xo, jill
As a Canadian, it was interesting to watch American news develop while I was living in Denmark. It was 2008… and all the hype was Obama, Obama, Obama. It was amazing to see everyone in Denmark get so excited about it. Denmark as a country is very politically inclined, and one student political group organized a night to watch the elections. I ended up going home to bed before the results were official, but most people stayed up till the wee hours of the morning to find out!
Sounds like fun! I just watched it on my couch!