fireworks

Must have been one heck of a rally last night. I went out of the apartment at 4 p.m. to hunt down the local grocery store and find some dinner. People were walking around the corner of my building to the pedestrian subway, crossing under the street and then walking down the block to the main street. It was crowded when I went through the pedestrian subway. Coming back around 45 minutes later, I had to fight my way to get up the steps as there were so many people going in the direction of the rally. When I got back up to my apartment, I looked out the window and people were lined up 4 blocks long to get through this bottleneck. So from my part of town, I'm estimating around 4 or 5000 people! I'll be able to find out today because the other man on my tour today was staying in the hotel right next to the square where the rally was being held. I didn't feel compelled to go see for myself.Around 9 p.m. last night I heard either fireworks or cannons. It was fireworks and a bit set of them too.
I think they would have been lovely to see. My apartment was facing the wrong direction though. All I could see was the reflections on the side of a building. Poo. I love fireworks.
I did discover this vast underground network last night. While searching for the grocery store, I followed some steps down and suddenly I was walking in tunnels with all manner of shops on both sides, clothing, shoes, bric a brac, knick knacks, souvenirs, books, appliances, furniture, towels, linens, paint, crafts, etc. etc. I didn't see a lot of ways to get out of this subterranean shoppers delight and when I finally did find an exit and arrived back on the street, I had no clue where I was but followed what I thought was the correct direction and soon arrived at a street corner I knew. whew for that. Did not want to have to go back to the tunnels to retrace my steps. Still no grocery store.Supposedly the groceries are in the basement of this luxury department store with shops like Tiffany's and other equally high end retail establishments. It's not where I would put a grocery store but I tried it and hey, it was there! I was sooooo happy. So I had breakfast this morning for the first time since I have been here. How nice is that. Am riding the train tonight from about 5:30 until 11:30. I would like to take some supplies with me but it is Sunday so I don't know if the store will be open but might pop over there in a bit and check. Otherwise it is going to be McDonald's for the train tonight.