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.

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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.

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But the most amazing part were the buildings which 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. And the kind of sight that makes you glad that you happened to be there and to see it in the few minutes it was happening.

<a class="tt-flickr tt-flickr-Large" title="Houses in Elana after a long, long rain" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29050866@N06/6045170818/"><img class="alignnone" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6189/6045170818_eb27ea3088_b.jpg" alt="Houses in Elana after a long, long rain" width="1024" height="683" /></a>

Oh yeah and if you like these photos, I've uploaded even more to flickr.