out of the blue

Miraculously, there was free internet at the hotel today. But it didn't work, until I found a different wireless network and connected to it. Last night I stood above the city on top of an old wall and listened to the bells toll the hour. One bell rang out alone, tolling seven. Two minutes later, I heard a set of at least six distinct bell towers overlapping in their ringing. For a few minutes after that, I would hear more bells every once in a while. The mountains had come out from behind their veils of clouds, and the late sun picked shadows out of the city.