Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Festival time

Currently, another storm is rattling our little world outside.  HUGE lightning strikes touch down, illuminating for whole seconds, then leaving the earth with the most extraordinary bomb of thunder I have ever experienced.  Quite a rush.  
However, most mornings and evenings look like the picture above.  This is the season of festivals here in Otsu, and we happen to catch this incredible sunset last Saturday night as Ray was working one of the festivals for the team.  Beautiful.  Its been really cool to just walk out of our apartment door into a sea of food vendors, music and firework displays.  This Friday is the largest firework display in the country, with over 10,000 fireworks!  Its supposed to last for over an hour!!!  I will post all about it...
Here is Ray on stage giving an introduction to the team at the festival...


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