The perfect detour

I took the first couple of pictures from the car's window but I wasn't very happy with myself. For some reason I felt a bit awkward stopping the car to photograph. Considering that this used to be my work for many years, I couldn't figure out why it felt so weird. I know the drill. I have done it hundreds, if not thousands of times. And yet, now that it was just for pleasure and not for work, I couldn't get the hang of it.

I drove a few more minutes enjoying the scenery. The light fog, the snow on the mountain tops and the sun that was constantly shinning or hiding, made it even more mysterious, even more intriguing!

And suddenly it felt right.

I turned off the engine and stepped out of the car with the camera in my hand. The unfortunate fact that lake Stymphalia was almost dry, didn't make the scenery any less wonderful. The rural landscape helped me get over my "photographer's block" in no time and invited me to capture it with no further delay!

It has been quite some time since the last time I have found myself in an unknown place, exploring new routes. It's not that I don't travel, I do. But mostly in familiar places. Which are great. But they don't offer the thrill of the unknown. A place that you haven't visited before has always something new to offer. Let alone when it is so beautiful as this mountainous route that @traisto and myself have chosen.

This was a mini roadtrip that came out of the blue. Actually it was an idea that @traisto had, to leave the motorway and wander at the mountains of Corinthia. So instead of going from Athens to Nafplio in two hours, we made a large detour, we spend the night in a lovely village and arrived to our destination 28 hours later!

We have lived our lives in places that snow is very rare so an excursion closer to a snowy landscape is exotic in our eyes! On the other hand we don't have any snow related skills, like driving on snow or even walking on snow. And this trip was made exactly as we wanted it to be. Enough snow to enjoy it but not too much to block the roads and make moving difficult.

The perfect detour :)