Winter

Winter
Originally uploaded by margiana.

Had a week end in Val di Fassa, on the Dolomiti Mountains. One of my friend owns a small home in Moena and decided to take a break from work driving 3 hours to reach the snow.
We stopped in Bolzano for an Apfelgluehwein and a small visit to the Christkindlmarkt. On Sunday morning we woke up early, had breakfast at home and then went out for a 2 hours walk to Passo San Pellegrino. At the end of the beautiful walk we stopped at this small church. The nature of those places is OVERWHELMING!
The cold strengthened our spirits and the view 'enlarged' our inner visions. We have been silent most of the walk... not because of the physical effort but to respect the mountains. At the end of the walk we stopped at this small church and talked a little... we all had this need to thank God for what we had just done.
After this 'religious' experience we drowned into hot chocolates. Later on we walked back to the car... at that point we opened our mouths and started talking without interruptions until the monday lunch when we reached our homes to meet again at work in the afternoon.
The walk opened a path to a mutual life stories... It has been fun and encouraging to know that we all have black holes in our lives but at the same time we try to live better lives and to learn from our past mistakes :-)

Winter season is definitely here!