Independence Day!

Today was Indian Independence Day. All of the schools and businesses were closed, everyone was celebrating with their families and the Indian flags were flying everywhere. But it was a little strange to be in a country that is not your own, to be celebrating a holiday but it does not feel like a holiday to us. Now I know how our Indian friends in the US feel on the fourth of July. It was a fun day, the city was full of excitement and life, but also a day that I felt a little like a foreigner. Does that make sense??