Revolutionary July!!

July:  Time for revolutions.  I counted - there are 21 countries with Independence Days in July.  Is it the heat?  Or is it just that time?  July is halfway through the year - maybe your New Years resolutions didn't work out; maybe a lot of things didn't work out.  So, July - you get a New Years Part 2.  A 6 month resolution is just as good as one for the whole year.  Is like a mid-way do-over.  A mulligan of sorts... you can't just start the game over, but you can reset the lay of the land.  

So Canada Day is July 1st - and I think the consensus was, "What the hell is Canada Day?"  Even the Canadians on my tours forgot about it.  Hilarious.

Then the 4th of July - working our way up.  The United States signs a piece of paper saying that we're independent from Britain... neat.  But we celebrate it every year with fireworks... and in our case, jello shots.  Nothing says America like jello shots.  Our beautiful hostess, Shannon, showing off her masterpieces.

Not to mention she has a ROCKIN' apartment and a great fedora collection.

And onto maybe my favorite July holiday.  Bastille Day.  If you don't remember my history lesson from last year, then just know that its by far the bloodiest and most anti-climactic out of the July revolutions.

The paratroopers jumping out of planes!

Scott looking cool in front of the tower - you can see the ridiculous amount of people.

And we had a reunion of FTBT-TC2'08... I wish we had gotten a picture of all of us, but here's me and Peaches (Threkeld, Carolyn, Devin and Smash were there too!)

And then there were the fireworks... omg, so much better than last year!! They basically did an "Eiffel Tower through the ages" kinda thing.  It was fantastic.  You can see the ridiculous amount of people that were there in the picture below.

Above: Welcome to the 60's!!  

Keep on rockin'.

Some revolutions change your life.  I've had my July revolution as well - when your life seems to be going in one direction, and then suddenly does a 180.  But - all is well;  I'm going to Bruges next week - only 2.5 more months in Europe... time flies when you're having fun.