WILD STORIES OF ABRUZZO Part 2: The encounter
The following summer - in July 2016, to be exact - Nicolò and I made a second trip to the Abruzzo Park. We set off one Friday afternoon. The path we now passed along had been chosen for enjoying the breathtaking spectacle of the sun breaking over the mountains, its many glittering blades of lights reflected in the surface of Lake Barrea. We tackled the initial 300-meter incline that led us into the great valley, familiar to both of us from the previous summer. A large stag st