Welcome to Mormonville, USA!

So we have arrived in Salt Lake City- where 75% of the people are mormon. the arena is in a beautiful area with mountains engulfing us. seeing the pink sunset every night disappear behind the mountains is breath taking. we opened yesterday with one show. it was bellos birthday and at noon, him and the elephants paraded down the street. kids had birthday hats, bellow signs and clown noses. during my break i ate lunch at a great thai restaurant with laura. today was another one show day- after the show i headed over to temple square- a place to see in my 1000 places to see before you die book. i went to a mormon temple and watched choir practice. man can they sing! the conductor (is that what they are called) made an announcement before it all started that we should welcome a very special person. i thought he was going to intoduce kate from the circus, but instead he introduced the president from the czech republic! cool! the songs they sang were amazing. one of which was somewhere over the rainbow. i had chills the entire time. the train is parked close enough to the arena that we can walk home. so after watching the choir, some friends and i headed back to the train. 2 shows tomorrow. i think i am going to head back over to temple square. well- i think i am going to read....i will post pictures tomorrow

later