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| A view from The American Store! |
Although, I missed spending the holiday at home wearing insanely bright colors and listening to the "oohh's" and "ahh's" as the fireworks explode above Moon Dune beach at Tahoe, CA, I have gained a great deal of pride for America's ('Murica!) nationalism and really got into the spirit when my two American coworkers and I decided to celebrate American independence at the beach house!
I got to spend the morning walking around Malmo, Sweden (post later) to find an American Store where they sell everything America ('Murica!). We loaded up on Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, A&W Root Beer, packaged brownies and some napkins to go along with our theme. We were going to celebrate Freedom Day at the Beach House! We devoted the entire day to America by loudly walking around Swedish cities and boasting our pride like the annoying, self-centered and ignorant Americans that we are (and proud of it)! We blasted country music and ate corn on the cob, pork and watermelon for dinner and then devoured root beer floats and brownies around the beach bonfire. We ended the night with the national anthem and I believe everyone; Americans, Swedes and French went home with a new perspective of American pride.
I myself have never been the kind of person who boasts where I am from. But I think it's incredibly unique this American Pride, something that really I've never seen any other country have (unless it's EuroCup Season). I really am proud of where I am from and I'm so glad I got to show others our traditions and culture for a change!
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| Our shopping cart-all things I've been missing! |
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| Try American chips hahaha! |
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| I'm so happy, my eyes won't open! |
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| This was my contribution. Skane local strawberries and American made marshmallows! |
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| Swede's love America! |
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| Yum!! |
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| Best desert ever! Although the French girls thought root beer tasted like medicine and practically begged us not to make them drink it! |
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| Who built that incredible beach bonfire you ask? Oh, that was me! :] |
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| Ending the night with the National Anthem! |
