My companion made the comment “Winter fire” and it was too good a description for me to ignore. http://flic.kr/p/qrWYBN
Tag: pilgrimage
Prayers by the Lake
http://flic.kr/p/qHzc5J
alpine meadow
Once I reached this snow covered meadow, the goat tracks I’d been following came to an end. I followed a trail laid down by wolves until that vanished in the scrub. The last hundred metres to the summit I was in untracked territory. http://flic.kr/p/qDPYKb
Trees in the Rain
http://flic.kr/p/qpnNtr
sunset, moonrise
The dome in the foreground is one of the infamous concrete bunkers constructed in Albania during Enver Hoxha’s rule. If I’d come across it earlier in the day, I’d definitely have poked around a bit, but I was running out of light. http://flic.kr/p/qnUWCx
Tower of Elbasan
One of the towers in the surviving walls around the old city of Elbasan. I think these were originally Byzantine walls, later buttressed by the Ottomans. http://flic.kr/p/qnqvxQ
Prayer of the Pilgrim at the Ford
It was slightly more than a month ago that Danilo the ferryman took me across the River Po. When we arrived safely, he gave me this card, which has the following prayer printed on the back. In light of recent events, I thought it […]
