Yesterday I was so excited about the elections and how it would turn out. I went out with friends to Hard Rock Cafe for some American BBQ ribs and then went to a "Democrats Abroad" Party that was at the Círculo de Bellas Artes. What a perfect night - hang out with a bunch of other Americans and watch the elections from 1am to dawn. Interestingly enough, I would estimate that about 40% of the people at the party were not American. We crammed into the entrance until the bodyguards would let us into the venue, where the press was already inside to get the right snapshots and videos. Big, flat TV screens were on each floor and on the main floor there was also a live band. By about 3am, I decided to go home and sleep and wake myself up in a few hours to check out the progress. At 3am here, still less than 1% of the votes had been in. So at 7am I woke up, crawled to my laptop and found out that Obama had already given his acceptance speech. Amazing!!! I spent the next 15 minutes looking at statistics and videos on CNN.com and then went back to bed.
It's a little bit odd to be outside of my country for such a historic event. I am not sure it has even completely "hit me" that we now have, for the first time, a black president and what that means for American culture. It's just incredible and, well, about time. I am excited to see what new changes will be in store for U.S.of A.
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