Hallstatt

Here's Elese on one of our numerous hikes in the area. We actually went much higher, but there gives you a good idea of what the views were like. The church below is next to the 12th century chapel with skulls that I mentioned earlier, and surrounded by beautifully maintained, contemporary gravesites. The whole skull thing came about as a practicality--the graveyard was too small to accomodate new bodies. After twelve years, you were dug up and added to the collection in the chapel. These days (the population is much smaller), you need to specifically request in your will do be placed there.