Rise and Shine

The view from my bedroom window at about 6:30 this morning, just past sunrise.

Land of the Rising Sun, Indeed

Sometimes, when you're traveling, you wind up at a hostel, a motel, or a hotel pretty much by chance. It happened to be on your way. Some place you needed to crash for some reason or another. You take advantage of its amenities, but having arrived in the dark, you don't expect much from it the next morning.

In fact, you're a bit annoyed by being awakened by intense sunlight shining almost directly through your curtains. You grumble. You groan. You swore that you were on vacation and that you should be able to sleep in. You get up to investigate the offending window, pull aside the curtain and see...