Today was the day the US Embassy in Santiago celebrated July 4th. It was open to the public (although if you were not a US citizen you had to pre-register), but lucky for us, we just showed up with our US passports and got in. They had hot dogs with all the fixins, a military band that played all the America songs you would want to hear on the holiday, and some really American-y cakes (see pics below). We sang the national anthem, heard from some of the key people at the embassy (e.g., the Ambassador), and drank hot chocolate (because remember it's winter here...).
I'm not going to lie, it made me a little home sick, especially missing sparklers, bbqs and summer by the pool.
Being a good sport staying in her stroller (until of course the ceremony started...)
A pic of the ceremony's program
Did I mention Obama was there cooking hot dogs? (Yeah I didn't get it either)
The world cup cake (GO USA!)
Not bad... but a little creepy. I think they are supposed to be trees... (Sorry, Peggy and Charley, but they gave it a good try!)
Mickey Mouse on top of red, white and blue - what's more American than that?
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