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Good and bruised
We took a two hour drive up the mountains today to see Mario Botta’s Church of San Giovanni Battista. It was pretty inspiring to see a modern church (finished in 1996) in a site that was leveled by an avalanche in 1986. Apparently some engineers figured out how to guide future avalanche’s down into another valley so they don’t have to worry too much now. Botta is slowly becoming a personal favorite, but I need to see more before I jump on that train. Here comes the magic…
For me magic means unbelievable order and uniformity. I really liked this place.
After enjoying it for a while we got back in the cars and headed for more natural wonders. We stopped on the side of the road along a mountain stream and decided to get closer. A few heavy steps and we were down to the gigantic white rocks lining the crystal blue water. What better place to find a spot deep enough to strip down and jump in, right? Yeah we did… and like a damn fool I tried to can-opener the hell out of the steepest jump and ruined my ass. Guaranteeeeeeed purple cheeks in two days. Whatever dude it was worth it.
