The very first thing I do every morning is to go to the window and take a look at the trees in the park and the castle. Maybe it is because for years I didn't have a big window and the view from the small window that I did have, was just the neighbour's wall!
A well known Greek poet wrote this:
Τα μεγάλα παράθυρα ζήλεψα στη ζωή μου,
ποτέ τα μεγάλα σπίτια.
~Γιάννης Ρίτσος
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And since the chances that you can read Greek are very few, I'll try to translate it. Although I believe that translating poetry is practically impossible, even if it is just a couple of lines. Anyway, it goes something like that:
In my life it is the big windows that I felt envious of,
never the big houses
Yiannis Ritsos
I think of those lines very often, especially all those mornings that the town is still asleep and I am at my big window enjoying the view of this magnificent Venetian fortress.
Of course I can't avoid seeing the castle every day, even if I wanted to. The town is so small and the fortified hill is literally above it. So every time I get out of the house, I see it. Either I am going to the supermarket or taking the dog out for a walk, or even grabbing a beer with some friends, the castle is always there, overlooking every move I make :)
So sometimes I go up there to take a look the other way around. To remember what it feels like to have a whole town underneath you and an unlimited view before your very eyes.
And to grasp the scent of history into those old, damp walls. To open squeaking doors and enter rooms that are not used for decades.
Don't let the pictures fool you though, I am never alone when I visit it, I am just good in avoiding people when I photograph. There are always tourists walking around, enjoying the view and taking pictures from every possible spot :)
This is my entry for the #monomad challenge.
The camera that I used is a Canon EOS 6D mark II with an EF 24-105mm lens attached. I edited the photographs in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic .
All the pictures and the words are mine.
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