Faliz cuatro de julio!

Happy 4th family and friends!
Today at work I put a sail together with glue....and I don't know who thought of that, but its a silly idea, except for the fact that you get to use a blow torch to clean the glue out of the nozle. But besides that its the 4th of July and so I'm sure everyone is celebrating.

As for me I decided at the last minute (shocking I know) to have my own mini 4th. So I headed out to the store to get stuff to make hamburgers cause thats the true American way. Unfortunatly I didn't really plan ahead long enough to get the roommates involved, although its not like the French folk really care one way or the other. I tried to get my British coworker to have some kind of contest/war for independence....I told him he could have the 13 original colonies, but he still didn't want to be a part of it...go figure.

Anyway, I ended up having a super multicultural 4th. First of all though I felt like a bad Texan because I think I have only grilled with charcoal once, and since this is time number two I actually had to double check with one of the French guys that I had it all set up right. Regardless they had their own dinner planed so I was cooking solo, but no worries, I had also bought chips and salsa (which they insisted on calling picante) for a bit of Tex-mex appetizer. So I enjoyed a few beers and made some burgers that only turned out a little burned. I topped it off with cheese and mushrooms and had a Delicious double cheese burger. However, I believe that this was the first time this particular American favorite was enjoyed with a glass of wine....what can I say its a French thing. On top of that I had my Spanish beer, my Mexican salsa, and a little of what they had made which was a a seafood rice dish that was really good. It was all good but at this point...god save me if I burp (sorry to all polite company who may be reading).

Well I topped off the evening by lighting off five firecrackers on the balcony which was my grand finale and still fun as the French laughed and started singing a bit of "America the beautiful"...which I'm not entirely sure I remember all the words too...sad. anyway, I think its about bedtime so I hope all of you have a good and proper 4th celebration!

Barrett