March, 14th 1998. A party of five NightCastleWalkers
visited Stein am Ritten, a ruined fortress near Collalbo (BZ).
The night was clear and the almost-full
moon rised from behind the Sciliar, one of the most famous mountains of
South Tyrol, showing its typical shape as a big shadow on the horizon.
The long way went down till the bottom
of two gorges and ended at a meadow; and at the opposite side of that meadow
there was a big, dark shadow: a peak and on its top, a sinister ruined
castle.
Returning to the start point, near
the first gorge, we saw something that we missed before: the moon lightened
a group of earth-pyramids, white and ghostly like an ancient and forgotten
gothic church.
We hope to publish soon some pictures
of this exciting adventure.