Trip report: Wandering through a magical forest

It is January, we have 13 degrees Celsius and it feels like November.

So i went on a hike from my Hometown through the forest to an Abandoned Monastery. As i mentioned in my previous posts, my home town and surroundings have an extended and interesting history.

From the times of the Celtics and Romans to now, people lived in this magical place that lies on hundreds of small hills around the Dravinja Valley.

If you walk these forests and take your time to listen you get a different feeling, you feel something in the air. Something happened here.

I tried to capture this vibe in my photos, so that you can feel it too.

These trees have seen soldiers from the second world war, when Germans came to Slovenia, Partisans lurked them to the forest and many lost their lives. A couple years ago me and my father found around 100 empty bullets from these times.

In the 12th century Monks found their place here and built a huge Monastery under the Mountain Konjiška Gora called Žička Kartuzija. There are many scary stories from this place, from raping to killings of babies, everything that happened in the medieval times happened here too.

I saw the tower of the Monastery in the forest.

Konjiška Gora became a hiking spot for the people here, on weekends it feels like a huge park. So you have to know places where are no people and it still feels forgotten.

Some Fun Facts:

This Wineyard is more than 400 years old and was cultivated by the monks living in the Monastery.

The Castle of Slovenske Konjice was for around 200 years under the governance of the Monks of Žička Kartuzija.

Here you can see the Map:

https://goo.gl/maps/VcfZg9GCvXr

I hope you liked my Trip Report. I will post more photos and an extended story of the Žička Kartuzija Monastery. Many more trip reports will follow.