Stairway to…

“Gazing up at the long flight of stairs to the temple, Puck shook his head and sighed. “Stairs.” He grimaced. “I swear there must be like some secret code. All mysterious ancient temples must have a minimum of at least seven thousand steps to the front door.”
― Julie Kagawa, The Iron Knight

 

PS: I was tempted to use the photograph I had used earlier for one of the weekly photography challenges which seemed very appropriate (the first one in that photograph) but then decided to try something else.