The 4th of July - In Germany! (July 4, 2007 of course!)

Complete Set of Photos

This has got to be the one time where I felt the most American - Isaac and I threw a big 4th of July party in the courtyard of our apartment complex and almost every American and many other people of various nationalities came to celebrate! We had country music playing from Isaac's window and I ran my flag up the lamp post (the best we could do!) to set the mood.



The party started around 4 PM and picked up steam continually, ending sometime in the middle of the night. Most of the time, we occupied ourselves with grilling - we made hamburgers and wursts, of course, but also corn on the cob! People brought dips, salsas, desserts in flag designs, I brought three Grandma Miller apple pies, and I even made some corn dogs in a deep fryer later that night too! We had a ton of food and ate a lot of it that night. We also tossed the football around.










While we were grilling, some random guys walked by (no one knew them) and gave us two big bottle rocket things. This was very cool - fireworks are only legal in Germany around New Year's time, so you can't buy them now. After it had gotten dark, we heard some fireworks off in the distance - like I had kind of expected, the US Army base about a kilometer away was having a show! We all ran out into the field to watch and had a grand old time, singing the National Anthem loud and obnoxiously to annoy everyone else in the area! Then, we shot off our rockets!

I didn't take pictures with my own camera that night, but have some from other people. I'm still waiting on a few, so check back in the next few days.