it's not gay if you do it in europe

Ladies and gents, let's take a break from doing celebratory patriotic things and bitching about the heat, and instead rejoice as that annual summer ritual begins once more. I speak, of course, of early Gossip Girl location shoots.

( location/outfit spoilers for early Gossip Girl S4 )

Oh, show. You are ridiculous and awesome and I'll love you forever.