I won't even count all the Wednesdays or months that have passed since this walk... it is enough to see that we were wearing winter/spring jackets and know that it was a long time ago. And that it wasn't summer, that is for sure.
The title of another post I saw today prompted me to start thinking about publishing a Wednesday Walk post today. That Hiver (thanks for the inspiration) wrote that we should look in all directions while walking... after reading that, I realised that maybe I do look in all directions, but that I've stopped taking photos of the little things I see while we walk. True, I didn't have time to walk every day, although walking/biking to work is enough of a walk in itself, but that part where I would be inspired to take a picture of something somehow quieted down in me. Maybe it is because I know that I already have a ton of photos that are in the waiting list to be published one day. I should first start working on them.
So, that is how I took my phone and checked what walk I could bring you today... Scrolling in the gallery... ok we are already months away from today 😂. It was an afternoon when we walked to this fortress in the company of some other Hivers that you see in the first photo (spoiler alert - the identity of them will be seen better in the last section of this post).
The sun was already quite low, getting ready for sunset. I love seeing those mountains in the distance, even though the pictures aren't the nicest when you are looking towards the sun. Everything is kind of yellowish, but our guest, who was in our town that weekend, loved all those colours, both the buildings and the mountains.
Padlocks seem to be in fashion everywhere, even in places like this where there is practically no tourism.
Shadows of some Hivers!
After looking into the distance from this small viewpoint, we started to descend through the narrow streets of the old town. I know that there is a house here with painted stones, arranged on the fence of the house and around the front door so I wanted to pass by it.
At that time, when I first saw these interesting stones, I did not yet have the Kindness Rocks community, I just found them cute and interesting. I know it was long ago, but I still like these cute characters.
Messages and more paintings around the entrance door, with a dragon and a fairy.
One of the next stops was the little church, the chapel Ermita del Santíssim Crist del Monte Calvari, as in its whole name in the Valencian language. You can watch through a little hole in the front door of the church and the lights on the altar switch on in that moment. I know that many people come here to give thanks and to pray.
More stairs leading down... to the next chapel. Here we see its dome and the setting sun in the distance.
This second chapel is Ermita Sant Bonifaci, which also has just a plain, white facade, so I took a photo featuring both chapels at the same time to see that they are indeed two - similar but not the same ones!
Being up on the fort and slowly descending meant that we also had to climb back up again to reach the car we had parked behind the castle. Our guest was exhausted... I don't think she was expecting to walk this much that afternoon. 😅 The best thing to make up for this was to recharge our batteries and take a little rest in a cafe.
Here, we finally reveal our identities! 😜
We got popcorn...
...and a little biscuit with the tea...
...greeted by this lady!
