5:20 am, Friday morning. I open the front door of our house
and step into this almost surreal but oh so wonderful world around me. It’s
still quite dark but the first shy daylight has just made its presence. The
many tones of green that can usually be seen around here during the day are now
still one single tone of dark, very dark green, while the sky is slowly
changing from black to dark grey to dark blue. Thousands of little lights are
far below me, lights that will still be illuminating the dark streets and neighborhoods
of the city for another 20 minutes or so before day really starts and they can
be turned off.
