Cerkwisko - Lipna : Poland

From the main road, you have to walk about 150 meters along a well-trodden path through the forest, which at first reminded me of an enchanted garden. Despite being the cemetery of an old village and dozens of Russian and Austrian soldiers, there's a strangely positive energy about this place.

A memorial site testifying to the village of Lipna's existence, it is also the burial place of soldiers who died during World War I from both sides of the conflict. They are buried together, according to the "Knightly Custom." Subsequent …