July Morning

       Happy July Morning everybody!

             For those of you saying "huh?" fret not, I was saying the same thing June 30th. So apparently July Morning was a political movement started around the 70's. It has died off immensely since but it remains a tradition in Bulgaria- a tradition celebrated by watching the sunrise on the first day of July. I was informed about it by a Bulgarian classmate who asked me to celebrate it with him this year. And celebrate we did. The sun was set to rise at 5:23am meaning we had to be at Pittock Mansion around 5 or 5:20am. He chose Pittock Mansion because it has a great view of the city. However, due to the rain and fog we weren't able to see anything. We weren't even sure if the sun had actually risen! Out of sheer respect for the hippie era we turned on some reggae and absorbed the surroundings (which was mostly gray sky and drizzles of rain). Then we got hungry and left.