The light here does funny things. I've been waking early every morning, stirred by some internal sense of the time of day halfway around the world. Rising out of bed to pad along the cold wood floors, arms folded, the light outside blue and eerie.
The wind is bitterly cold, and so strong that yesterday, we barely left the guest house except to eat - reports say it hit 150 mph. Someone took a video of the wind whipping the sea up over the cars along the waterfront, and I feel a little better about staying inside, warm and dry.
But there's a kind of magic here. Every country I've been to has its quirks: the ghosts in the groves in Bali; the quiet nods between strangers in Kansai; and here, something harder to pinpoint. In the early morning, the whole city is quiet, and the sky glows blue while the incandescents of insomniacs shine a warm yellow-orange. Our upstairs neighbors' feet creak across the floor in the early morning, and occasionally we hear music. It feels like there are secrets everywhere.
But there's a kind of magic here. Every country I've been to has its quirks: the ghosts in the groves in Bali; the quiet nods between strangers in Kansai; and here, something harder to pinpoint. In the early morning, the whole city is quiet, and the sky glows blue while the incandescents of insomniacs shine a warm yellow-orange. Our upstairs neighbors' feet creak across the floor in the early morning, and occasionally we hear music. It feels like there are secrets everywhere.
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The night sky is amazing!
~~Julie
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