It’s a curious thing how we form connections with people and places. I think about this a lot, and I don’t know that I have any answers. It’s definitely deep, and it’s definitely something experienced emotionally and spiritually. I could add physically, too, because I have felt Slovenian earth beneath my feet over hundreds of kilometres of walking paths within cities, towns and countryside: mountain paths, pilgrim paths, literary paths, river valley paths, wine paths, coastal paths, forest paths, historical and cultural paths, beekeepers’ trails, peace trails and labyrinths. Sometimes ...

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