Monday, June 8, 2009

Civita . . . Italy's Walpi






Doesn't this photo remind you of the Hopi village of Walpi in northern Arizona? It looks amost exactly like the painting on my dining room wall in Phoenix.

A long walk up, up, up leads across a ravine to the entry archway of this medieval town. Only a few people still live here, one being Maria who is in her 90's. She has a beautiful garden at the edge of a cliff overlooking the countryside. No wonder she has lived so long in this peaceful setting. Few tourists make the effort to come here. I walked up the long path, through the church and explored the caves below the city.

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