One day in Elena it rained and rained.

It was early last week. In fact, I think that it rained throughout the entire country.

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In Elena it started raining one day at about 5pm and more or less rained for the next 24 hours. Sometimes the rain drops weren't as strong but it just rained and rained.

I thought: hey, I am on vacation. It's not supposed to rain like this on holiday. But not even these thoughts made a difference. Go figure. <!--more-->

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The next afternoon when the rain finally stopped everything was wet and muddy and the creek that normally ran through town was full of brown-muddy fast moving water. Ug.

I felt wet and cold although I wasn't really either. I was just wearing all of the clothes I brought with me (well, maybe not all of them). I donned jeans, a tank-top, a t-shirt, my hooded sweatshirt, a fleece jacket and tennis shoes. So while I wasn't actually cold the weather gave the impression of cold and 24 hours of rain can get a girl down.

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But the most amazing part?

In the dusk, the buildings of Elena seemed to be glowing in the setting sun. I think that it must have had to do with the moisture still in the air because no other night in the 14 I was there did the houses glow like this.

It was incredibly beautiful. So I ran to get my camera in the hopes of capturing part of the beauty.  I think that I managed to. While I was taking photos I realized that this is the kind of sight that makes you glad that you happened to be there in that moment and that you had your eyes open to be able to see the light on the buildings because really in just a few minutes it was gone.

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Oh yeah and if you like these photos, I've <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/" target="_blank">uploaded even more to flickr</a>.