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Joshua McTaggart
By McTaggart in Belgium
Jul 16, 2010
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Bastille Day was a crazy one; The French know how to have a public holiday! Much like 4th July celebrations in the USA, July 14th sees the locals take to the streets and celebrate the great history of France and it's Revoultion. Even better, Iggy Pop was playing in Lyon's Roman Amphitheater ; the old dilapidated sight was very impressive, and the Amphitheater was pretty sweet!

But Iggy wasn't the only thing going on throughut Wednesyda; it seemed  ahabbit that small children had managed to get ahold of fireworks, crackers and bangers and were recreating scenes which looked like a wizard duel out of a Harry Potter movie. The number of tmes I expected to be hit by a small child's misguided mini firework was numerous that I was quite cautious walking through Lyon come nightfall.

Luckily I survived the day and as I sat in front of the Hotel de Ville and watched the fireworks explode over the Basilica I couldn't help but be grateful that I had survived the day without gaining third degree burns.

 

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