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Guinness and papa rellenas
Well the trip is on... here is the recap of Thursday. Slept in, this is my theme for summer 2003, to sleep more so I am staying on track. Then Vic and I headed into Wilmington, DE and walked around, nothing exciting there so I grabbed a snapple and we headed into Philly.
Philly was cool, it had an excellent colonial feel. The site were interesting, but with very high security. It was a hassle to get in to see the liberty bell, so we took pictures from outside. I hate get felt up to get on an airplane, let alone to see an old bell with a crack in it, so we walked. Then we went to the tomb of the unknown soldier. This was interesting, reading all the plaques around the plaza (yes plaza, I love plazas, make me think of home) made me think. Men died, who no one knew, they had no one to grieve for them, but they fought and died for a cause they believed in. No one felt pride over their loss or knew they died and remembered their sacrifice. No family, no history, and no future.
What type of men were the leaders of those armies? Leaders who lead men, into battles against unbelievable odds, facing a never ending enemy, with little food and rest, and get the men to continue to fight. The founders of this country were great men, to say the least. I am not a huge American patriot as many have noticed. Looking at tombs of men with no name who faught for the cause... made me think... would there ever be a cause I would fight for? What type of man would I follow into battle? Am I the type of leader that men would follow into battle? If Bolivia went to war, would I and the Centellas boys go and fight (I mean Bolivia has never really won a war, so if they fought again they would need all the help the can get) for the homeland? I am proud to yes that I would, I hope I would.
Alright enough crazy talk. After that, we ate at the Gallery Mall in Philly. Tons of people, cool stuff, very multicultural, and it was relaxing. We ate, and then headed back to Wilmington to meet up with Andy.
We went out and meet with some people from Andy's office. Had a Guiness in a very Irish looking spot, it was alright. We discussed reasons everyone is scared of HR people, why long pauses by your boss when ask for time off scare you, and why living in a corporate town sucks. Then we ditched the Irish feel for some Dominican food. Good food, terrible service, got wet in the rain, and Vic got offended when Andy said he was talking Espanol with an English accent... whatever.
Vic took off to NY for the wedding rehearsal. We will meet up with him tomorrow. Well I got to jump in the shower, Andy will be home from work soon and we are heading into Phily. I am off...
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