Chatka w Dolinie Pasłęki

Western Masuria never existed. Where we are now, there was the Oberland, or "Upper Country", as the old inhabitants called the region between Warmia, Żuławy and Powiśle. The Oberland did not have its own borders, but conventionally they were marked by Pasłęka from the east and Wisła from the west. It existed already in the times of the Teutonic State, and stopped after the war. Even earlier, this region was inhabited by Pogezans - one of the tribes of ancient Prussians. Someone once called her "Mazur's fair-haired sister". A land covered with golden fields of grain on hills interspersed with blue eyes of lakes. It had its dialect, its costumes and its wooden architecture, examples of which can be seen today in the open-air museum in Olsztynek. A trip there inspired me to build a blue-eyed cottage that fits into the landscape of the former Oberland. There is nothing around her: only hills, fields of wild grass and reeds, a few lakes out of sight. It's like before.