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Gorgeous little city (from what I've seen of it). We went to the international fireworks competition show last night. Spain's entry was very colorful. Also loud. Next Wednesday night is Russia's entry into the festival and then a new entry each Saturday and Wednesday night until August 10. We were amused at the announcements before the show because they would go on at great length in French - speaking for a few minutes at a time, and then the English "translation" was maybe eight words long. So we missed a heck of a lot of what was going on. It didn't deter our enjoyment of the show, though.
The preshow - which was projected onto the waterfall and surrounding hillside was a fifteen minute monologue in French, and while very pretty, we didn't understand a word. Seriously, all I got was "woe woe angst and woe. tearing of hair, rending of garments, oh, wait! slight ray of hope? Huh. Maybe not."
I looked it up on the Web when we were back, and it is the story of a young woman (the Woman in White), who falls in love with a soldier and is engaged to marry him. He is called off to fight, he dies, she mourns a year and then dressed in her wedding dress throws herself over the falls. Her body was never found and it is said she haunts the falls to this day dressed in her wedding dress.
Yeah, typical. It was kind of pretty if you didn't actually listen to the overwrought Tones of Doom.
And then there were fireworks!
Food has been good. The convention center is mostly underground, so we're feeling a little like mole people (which will only get worse as the week wears on). Other than all that, Things are Going Well.
The preshow - which was projected onto the waterfall and surrounding hillside was a fifteen minute monologue in French, and while very pretty, we didn't understand a word. Seriously, all I got was "woe woe angst and woe. tearing of hair, rending of garments, oh, wait! slight ray of hope? Huh. Maybe not."
I looked it up on the Web when we were back, and it is the story of a young woman (the Woman in White), who falls in love with a soldier and is engaged to marry him. He is called off to fight, he dies, she mourns a year and then dressed in her wedding dress throws herself over the falls. Her body was never found and it is said she haunts the falls to this day dressed in her wedding dress.
Yeah, typical. It was kind of pretty if you didn't actually listen to the overwrought Tones of Doom.
And then there were fireworks!
Food has been good. The convention center is mostly underground, so we're feeling a little like mole people (which will only get worse as the week wears on). Other than all that, Things are Going Well.