Independence Day & My First Concert
It was Independence Day one day last week around these parts. I didn't know it until a friend and I went walking around the city some, and giant (and I mean giant) flags covered all the buildings. If I had brought my camera with me, I would have taken some pictures of the flags covering sides of the 30-story buildings.
As we walked around, we saw people working on a stage, getting it ready for a concert. Since I hadn't been to a concert in a while (I went to John Fogerty/Willie Nelson this past summer before I came over. Fogerty rocked the house, while Willie kind of let me down, but that's for another post). Anyway, I decided to go to the big independence day bash.
My friend had to leave, but I went and waited for the concert. I ended up having to wait for like 2.5 hours, but I really wanted to see a local concert. As the time drew near for the concert to start, the grassy area in front of the stage began to be filled with people, and I mean FILLED. There were people everywhere as far as I could see.
Before the concert started, the mayor of the city came up on stage and said some stuff about independence and all. (I assume it was the mayor, and I assume he talked about independence, since it was independence day. All I know is some guy in a suit with guards and paparazzi got up and said some stuff I didn't understand, and everybody clapped and cheered.)
To be honest, the concert was not as good as I hoped it would be. It's hard to get into a song when you don't know what the singer is singing about. The music was okay, it was a poppy rock kind of thing, but not something I would normally listen to. The fun part for me was looking around at all the people and how they sang along and pumped their fists and all.
After an hour or so, I headed home. It was getting late, cold, and all the songs sounded the same to my non-native ears...all in all, a good night.
guess your concert was not as good as fif- dont get down on your friends #1-4 you might be next - strange how things happen when your busy. dad is there with us all the time. thinking of you daily as you see and learn all new things. friend at the lake
Posted by
friend at the lake |
10:10 PM
Thanks for the comments man. Things are going great here. Tom Tom's birthday was on Thursday as well and Rod grilled steaks and cooked up some baked potatoes to go with the chocolate cake and ice cream. It was a great day. Got a wedding to go to tomorrow. Going to learn a few native dances!
Posted by
C-Love |
11:38 AM