Val Sanguigno
Listening to the delightfully raucous pipe of the flute acting as main voice in the devotional tune, accompanied by other stringed instruments like the sarod, the sitar and the santoor, I drift in the exquisitely relaxing atmosphere of this Indian piece of music. We were listening to this CD yesterday, after coming back from a hike in the mountains. The weather had been rather gloomy, no sun, but at least hardly any rain. Only a light drizzle wetted our raincoats as we were making it back to the car down at the beginning of Val Sanguigno, near the beautiful old power station of Aviasco.
After I parted ways with Kim, Jess, Ines and I took the bus to Ioannina, which involved crossing the arm of sea over which they are building a new gigantic bridge. Of course it is not finished yet, or else it would be ready too soon for the Olympics next summer! But someone said they are building the roadway at the rate of 60 cm a day, so the odds are good they can make it, as happens with the underground from the Airport where only the tracks are missing, but they are not so terribly important, are they?