Only in a civilized country would an independance day celebration end with nothing being destroyed or with me not getting angry at drunk people. It also happened in Belgium but I'm still not quite used to it.
In the afternoon people were already getting ready for the fireworks.
Celebrating the end of 'being British and paying taxes to the king' included a picnic in the parc. There was also a free concert with several artists but as much I as I love Aretha Franklin, I couldn't queue all day. I caught only the end of the parade but I think I got the best part:
an Uncle Sam eagle that looked like a duck that you see on the right side of the photo and a Hare Krishna carriage being pulled by hundreds of believers...
I was also fortunate enough to arrive here in time to see part of the Smithsonian folk life Festival, it wasn't something I had anticipated but it was great. The Smithsonian museum includes several museums such as the Air and Space Museum and Udvar-Hazy Center, American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery, American Indian Museum, American History Museum, National Zoo, Natural History Museum and many others. And the best part is that ALL THE MUSEUMS ARE FREE.
So after browsing through the folk festival, my first hours in DC were spent dancing away to a Columbian group called Las cantadoras del Pacifico.
Two of the singers were born in the 1930's and they could outdance anyone.
As the time for the fireworks approached the crowd went all the way from the memorial to the capitol hill, believe me it was more than a football stadium full of people, it was the biggest picnic display I ever saw.
1 comment:
Wish I were there !
The older (and much jealous) one.
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