The 4th of July has always been one of my favorite holidays. On that day my family almost always did something special. Often times it involved being out on our boat on the Potomac, having a picnic and waterskiing before flying up the river to enjoy the fireworks on the mall from the water alongside every other crazy boater in the metro area. We would listen to the radio as our classical music station would usually broadcast some patriotic tunes while we watched the fireworks.
Well, it wasn't quite the same this year. Our day began with Michael playing the Star-Spangled Banner on the quena. In the afternoon after class he played some of our patriotic music on the computer - it made us think of all those sweet memories of home - hot, muggy D.C. weather this time of year, and we kinda miss it, believe it or not. That evening we got together with many of our American friends (and honorary American friends from Canada and Germany, Aimee and Miriam) and went out to dinner for "Bar-B-Q" - basically, it was a tasty steakhouse. Then we came back to a friend's house to enjoy some apple pie (thank you Stephanie, Todd, and David). Our hosts Bob and Noel joined us for dessert and brought us an unexpected surprise - sparklers! We had tried to purchase fireworks but were informed that they aren't sold (legally) to the public anymore after a couple tragic accidents in recent years. So we were resigned to enjoy the 4th sin fuegos artificiales, but Noel found some that she had tucked away for just such an occasion. Thank you, Noel! Noah wasn't quite sure about them and definitely didn't like the little firecrackers that someone found later!
Though we missed home, it was a fun memory to make as we celebrated our first 4th of July in Peru. Soon we'll get to celebrate Peru's Independence Day, July 28th!
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