What a fabulous morning!
Doug and I woke up this morning in Hanoi and turned on BBC news. Only two states had been called . . . We knew it was going to be an intense morning.
We had some breakfast and headed back to the room to watch the results. It was looking good for Obama, but there were still many states still to come in.
For those of you who have not watched the BBC news, I would highly recommend it. The moderator was hilarious and many of those they interview had very strongly expressed opinions. Our favorite was Gore Vidal who told BBC "is it OK to talk about the facts of life? Because I know the BBC viewers like to know the facts of life." And then he proceeded to explain how the Republican party in the US was nothing like the Republican party in England.
And then, finally, it became true! Obama was our president elect! We did dances, there was a hug or two, and one of us may have screamed a little! Woot Woot!
We watched through McCain's concession speech in our room and then headed to the bar in hopes of finding more Americans. As it was, we were the only people in the bar for most of the time and we had a drink to celebrate Obama's victory while we watched his acceptance speech.
It was very interesting, as both Doug and I noted, we were instantly proud to be Americans again! Woooooooooot! YYYYAAAAAYYYYYY!
Doug and I woke up this morning in Hanoi and turned on BBC news. Only two states had been called . . . We knew it was going to be an intense morning.
We had some breakfast and headed back to the room to watch the results. It was looking good for Obama, but there were still many states still to come in.
For those of you who have not watched the BBC news, I would highly recommend it. The moderator was hilarious and many of those they interview had very strongly expressed opinions. Our favorite was Gore Vidal who told BBC "is it OK to talk about the facts of life? Because I know the BBC viewers like to know the facts of life." And then he proceeded to explain how the Republican party in the US was nothing like the Republican party in England.
And then, finally, it became true! Obama was our president elect! We did dances, there was a hug or two, and one of us may have screamed a little! Woot Woot!
We watched through McCain's concession speech in our room and then headed to the bar in hopes of finding more Americans. As it was, we were the only people in the bar for most of the time and we had a drink to celebrate Obama's victory while we watched his acceptance speech.
It was very interesting, as both Doug and I noted, we were instantly proud to be Americans again! Woooooooooot! YYYYAAAAAYYYYYY!
5 comments:
Erin celebrating as only Erin can - by POINTING TO THE SKY! Horray Obama! You should have seen the pics of the folks flooding Penn. in front of the White House last night. It was amazing.
Welcome back to the world America!!
So glad you were able to be in touch with what was happening here. It was an amazing experience all around. Even Florida managed to get it right this time. I loved it.
Grandma
Erin, I am SUCH a horrible person for not commenting on your blog sooner. But I had this little problem with your blog name: I kept typing erinsescapadeS.blogspot.com and not getting anything. So I assumed you never started writing. Then Jeremy told me he was reading your blog and I was like, "Holy crap, I miss her, maybe I don't have her address right!" Of course. But to be Francisco, I do miss you. And this is a ridiculously long comment so I will switch to email...
Amen!
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