Another Day, Another Walk

 To Santa Maria

I was away, then busy, but finally here are some more pictures of our trip to Graubunden.

The path along the switchback roads to the town.

Another chapel, which you can just barely see along the top road in the photo above – the white wedge at the end of the stone wall along the road, in the middle left of the photo.  This chapel was full of The Virgin.

Statues, frescos, and prints. These are entirely open to all seasons, merely under a roof. 

The ceiling under said roof.

Arriving into the town, and trying to decide which route one takes to get to the church.

Every route is scenic, so it doesn't matter. This is someone's back yard. Note the  Italian style of fencing and pergola supports of granite. 

And picnic table

Tiny little doors, partly because people were very short, and so were the animals, and partly to keep

 the cold out in the winter. Normally at the end of January – when we were there – this area has a half meter of snow, we were told. But it just happened to be balmy right then, for us, which we much appreciated.

EVERYTHING was on a different level.

The stone work is beautiful and ubiquitous .

Another very small chapel on the corner of the approach to the church. Note the roof.

How one gets to church – you do not drive up to a big parking lot. And your car could not fit through  that arch, if you could drive up. And beyond that archway is a little courtyard, then another entryway – maybe one feels equipped to defend the faith from attacking infidels, or Corona checkers, which might be a redundancy. 

One of the many stone paths rambling through the town, up and down the slopes.

Presently empty, but once a home above and barn below.

The neighbourhood

In the church outer church courtyard, stone, stone and stone.

Do we like that tree? We DO!

Next time, more of the church area.