I never imagined that I would be moved so much by a simple landscape. When they say you just need to be there to know how it feels, well, I totally agree. In these lifeless but reassuring deserted landscapes, crossed by this long stretch of asphalt, you can flee the real world and enter into a magical state.
Even if you are tired after driving for hours and hours, every concern or fatigue or boredom would disappear as the sun slowly fades behind the horizon where all these colours appear in the sky. At every moment, they shift shades, from the dense violet blue of the daylight to the glowing pinks and reds where the sky meets the vast horizon.
We shared the ritual of rising early to enjoy, in silence, with our eyes still asleep, the beauty of dawn. We hold still for the sunrise, absorbing the chilly early-morning air and imprinting those colors in our minds.