We first hiked in an area that used to be a military training ground for many years since the late 19th century. It was expanded in 1938 - and a complete village had to be abandoned, its inhabitants had to be relocated. Today, the area is a nature reserve but you are not allowed to leave the marked paths because explosive or other dangerous material might lie around.
The church and the little schoolhouse are the only buildings left of the abandoned village - all buildings were destroyed. The church was severely damaged and was later rebuilt by former villagers. An impressive place, and a monument to several different sides of what we humans are.
A painting shows how large the village was before it had to be abandoned, and got destroyed. Amazing what people do.
The little village church with a damaged roof ... it looks new and shiny today.
Inhabitants of the village.We left this area which had mostly paths with no shadow at all, and drove to a narrow valley with a little stream. Much cooler here, much better to walk.
At the end of our hike, we rested for a while beside the little stream. The sun was very very hot. The water looked very very clean. Very tempting to jump right in !! but as Sabine found out quickly, the water was extremely cold - too cold to take more than a short dip.
This is COLD !!!Half an hour later we had a gorgeous strawberry milk shake and a coffee in the very good cafe that belongs to our hotel. These cookies looked so tempting that I gave in and bought a large box for us and another one for our dear neighbours who took care of our plants at home.
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I can't help but think you had a very yummy adventure! But since you hiked the perimeter, it would have been wonderful if you took a picture of what the village looks now, in the same perspective as the painting. I like how they all have orange roofs.
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