Hiking the “Cesky Raj” in the Czech Republic
Woke up and headed to Samuel and Petra’s apartment for breakfast – there was a fabulous spread of food with lots of selections. We all especially liked the Slovak string cheese. Soon we were off for our drive towards Prague. The weather is overcast today and the temperature has dropped a lot – we’ve bundled up. After a fast drive, we arrived at the Cesky Raj area “rock cities” and had lunch at a casual restaurant at the bottom of the mountains (actually in a bowling alley.) I had great cauliflower soup. Next we parked and began our hike of the yellow trail of the Cesky Raj. There were so many trail options. We ended up at the top of a hill at a castle house that was beautiful and we stopped for a break. Jerry was quite prepared with a thermal container of coffee and a flask of the infamous Slovak brandy. We warmed up with a group shot and some coffee, and then continued our hike back down. We saw a peacock which was pretty and found a lot of great photo opportunities. What a great day of hiking!!! We then headed to our hotel in Liberec – easily checked in to hotel Radnice. It was pretty funny because the kids had the large spacious suite rooms and the parents got the smaller rooms (just by chance.) Bob was beginning to feel the gut-pluggers/butchy taking hold so he was happy to relax in the room. Everyone took it pretty easy and Jeremy and I just ate dinner in the hotel restaurant. Soon everyone joined us for some evening drinks. We enjoyed some beers and great company, including a local summer favorite of a beer/sprite mixture. Then Sandra and Jeremy played some cards in our room before heading to bed. Off to Germany tomorrow.
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