white-out

in the thick fog

Around 8 in the morning. I was driving in spite of the dense fog; we could see almost nothing. We had hoped for a vast green scenery at a place higher than clouds (and according to the weather forecast it would be only cloudy with no rain). We had started at 4 in the morning and I drove the narrowest road I had ever driven. Et voilà! The karst plateau was totally fogbound with rain and strong wind. We couldn't get out of the car, so just drove around. Between whiles the fog got blown off and the scenery appeared for only a few seconds. Green colors were really beautiful and So we enjoyed it and karstic rocks looking like sheep or cows in the green plateau (there were cows in fact;). The wind roared but I felt as if I were in a world of no sound. It was a good morning.

日曜日のドライブ。朝８時、そこはほとんど真っ白で何も見えなかった。天気がベストでないのは知ってたけれど、これほどとは。車から出られなくて残念。晴れていたら気持ちよさそうな湿気をたっぷり含んだカルスト大地の草っ原。強い風で霧が流れて時折あたりが垣間見えた。そこかしこにある石灰質の岩は羊のようにも牛のようにも見える。かと思うと本物の牛がじっと立ちつくしていたり座っていたり草を食んでいたり。唸る風、ヤギの声。でも音がないような。山の空気は別世界にいるように思わせる。