{"id":56,"date":"2013-12-13T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kitsy.co\/index.php\/2013\/12\/13\/all-is-bright\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T17:19:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T17:19:47","slug":"all-is-bright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hellohayleyblog.com\/index.php\/2013\/12\/13\/all-is-bright\/","title":{"rendered":"all is bright"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_2016.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_2016.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>this city is so beautiful and magical lit up. there are lights scattered everywhere throughout the city and there is a huge pillar of multicolored lights right outside of the gate to my apartment. the christmas market, which will have its own post soon, takes on a life of its own at night with random disco balls and christmas music (in english!) blasting. but the <i>pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance<\/i>\u00a0is the ferris and tree grove in the center of town. i never get tired of taking pictures of it so i hope you don&#8217;t get tired of looking at it. it surely is a sight to behold and i&#8217;ll be so sad when it leaves after the holidays.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_1991.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_1991.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_2006.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_2006.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_1998.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_1998.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_2012.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_2012.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_2009.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_2009.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_1999.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_1999.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/photobucket.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/hellohayleyblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/HSO_1988.jpg?resize=735%2C486\" alt=\" photo HSO_1988.jpg\" width=\"735\" height=\"486\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>this city is so beautiful and magical lit up. there are lights scattered everywhere 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