Photographing people feeding the birds outside of Notre Dame is one of my favourite things to do when I reach Paris.
Second favourite thing ... a few hours spent in Shakespeare and Company, perusing the million books in English, with or without cash.
I think this photograph says it all today ... it’s a glorious day here in Genova. Blue skies, not to cold, lots of lovely people.
But more on the people who operate behind the window in the photograph. Lovin Genova provides people with all the information they could need when wandering in Genova. They have two offices, one down near the pirate ship parked in the harbour, close to the aquarium and another up on Via Garibaldi. Their English publications are superb and I can’t recommend them highly enough.
Ciao from La Superba
The light was beautiful this morning, and I was up around 6am ...
It’s a crisp 12 celsius, exquisite deep blue skies, delicious light.
I saw this angel along the way, sitting over the door of a beautiful church, inviting passers-by in.
Rob showed me this face in the forest where we walked his beautiful dogs in the forest this morning.
Today we wandered up to Mamean, here where we are, near Gallway, and Rob wrote of howthe 12 Bens of Connemara stood high and handsome behind us across the Inagh Valley, Bencorr in front, with Beanna Beola and Benbaun peeping over her shoulders. Ahead, the slopes of Binn Mhór and Binn Mhairg cradled the rising path, their quartzite rock glinting dully as cloud shadows brushed through, now gleaming dazzlingly as sunlight struck across.
After waxing poetic, with quite the mocking self in the ascendent, Rob continued with this ... Up at the pass stood a tiny chapel, an altar and the cave-like recess called St Patrick’s Bed. A statue of the saint brooded over the path, a sheep at his heels. Had the good shepherd Patrick once walked these slopes, blessed the holy well nearby and slept in the cave? Many down the centuries thought and felt that he had, and they forged a pilgrim path to the pass, with its breathtaking views over the Inagh and Maam valleys.
And here we have one of the stations cross. So beautiful it was up there.
I’m loving Ireland.
