Monday, July 4, 2016

"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!" - Dwight D. Eisenhower

193 flags...
Happy independence day (for the US anyway)!

Today was another lazy-ish kind of day where I woke up "late" around 11:30, and then started about my day. I took this morning as an opportunity to make some food for the rest of the week and I made some chicken, spinach and mushroom stirfry that I could put into wraps for the rest of the week (lunch that is healthy and easy - done).

My friend then came over and we headed over to Central Park, first stopping at Bryant Park to admire
Gearing up for Top gun
everything going on there, past the library, through the Game of Thrones store, through the Rockafeller center all the way over to Central Park.

We walked up and through the park and I showed my friend some of the stuff in there, including the performers and then met up with the big intern group that was there. I didn't know too many people there so my friends and I ended up playing some cards first before joining the big group.

It was a lot of fun, met a lot of people, socialised a lot and just hung out.

We all ended up going separate ways after a while and my friend and I decided
Snacks for everyone
to walk back down to Bryant Park and try to catch the most patriotic movie of all time, Top Gun! We sat there with our popcorn, sunglasses, all ready for the show (it wasn't even crowded which was the best part), and then it started raining.

Hard.

We ended up leaving there, getting some shelter under the library steps (which are beautiful). Another friend joined us and then we headed down over to 34th and first, where we were told we could watch the fireworks really well.
Empire State lit up

We ended up going there, along with about a thousand other people and got to see the insane amounts of fireworks and police. Seriously, so many cops around that night.

It was rainy, humid and kind of gross, but it was beautiful to try to catch and watch.

All in all, a successful fourth of July spent relaxing and with friends.

I hope that's all the forefathers can ask of me..

No comments:

Post a Comment