by Peter van der Walt | May 18, 2022 | Photos
A monastery, with castle high walls, on an island. That’s one way to say: we don’t like visitors. But then, this old landmark does like visitors. And when the tide is low, you can walk there. During high tides, the island is perfectly isolated – a...
by Peter van der Walt | May 11, 2022 | Photos
Say you’re a medieval peasant. Your life sucks. Your prospect sucks. Come Sunday – BOOM – you get to go to heaven. Even the dour Calvinists back in Africa gave their churches towers, and tried to make them look imposing. Buildings – in their...
by Peter van der Walt | Apr 12, 2022 | Photos
Like everyone else, I appreciate the beauty of this cathedral wall. And I’m suitably impressed, as the peasants of previous generations were. But what overwhelms all my other impressions is my curiosity. A wall like this is more than just intricate for its own...
