Independence Day is a public holiday, so we had the day off
work. As it was a Wednesday, it was a nice little break in the middle of the
week, and resulted in quite a lot of drinking – a tradition that luckily spans
both cultures ;)
There was a big firework display on the night before our day
off, so I headed to watch with some friends. I was pretty impressed, I
absolutely love fireworks (big kid at heart) so was very excited. I have to
say, the best fireworks I’ve seen are the ones in St Albans for Bonfire Night,
but these were still a good show.
We then went back to a friend’s house, where
the conversation took an argumentative turn as we began to discuss religion and
the rights and wrongs. Rather unfortunately for Melissa, she was the only
person present who defended it. The debate grew rather heated on both sides,
fuelled by red wine and vodka (not mixed) but always fun to get involved in!
On the actual day of Independence, we all gathered at Brooke
and Ken’s house for the all-important feature in any backyard: a pool! We had a
BBQ and swam all afternoon, in wonderful 38°C heat – I can’t get enough of
the weather here!
Then we played beer pong. I hadn't played since I lived in
Albuquerque, over two years ago, but apparently it’s just like riding a bike
because I still had all the skills! There was a very competitive game of UK vs.
US, with Ian and me playing against Brooke and Ken, and sadly we lost, (just). I
suppose it was fitting, fairly reminiscent of our defeat in 1776, but like we
pointed out, we let you win then, and we’ll let you win again now.
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| Ian, Jack, Brooke and Logan |
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| Independence Day cookie pizza |
We didn’t
want the damn colonies anyway :)
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