After having been in Canada for Canada day, it's really interesting how different the two celebrations are. Maybe it's something to do with that famous American individualism, but Americans don't really seem to go in for the giant fill-the-downtown street festival thing for many of their holidays. It's more of a "have a BBQ with the family, go to the beach, watch some fireworks at night" type of thing, and there's nothing wrong with that in the slightest. That's quite fun. Buuuut...
That's Ottawa on Canada day. Doing a google search for "Washington D.C. 4th of July" brings up some photos of people enjoying the fireworks, and some people parading down various streets, but nothing like the teeming masses of humanity I saw even in the not very pro-Canada Quebec a few days ago. Canadians, it seems, take any opportunity to fill the streets with a giant party, and really--who can blame them?
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