Decided to stay here as it is close to the České Švýcarsko National Park which is part of a group of national parks which lie on the Czech-German border here. Found accomodation in a pub hotel up on a hill surrounded by a really old chapel and a little wood. The actual hotel is not that exciting but the surrounds are lovely – not that we appreciated them when walking up the hill to get here with our packs on though :P We are once again in non-English speaking town but we manage to get by alright these days.
Yesterday we caught a bus to Hřensko then did a beautiful walk along a river, then wound through the forest and huge limestone rock formations to the stone arch of Pravčická Brána. The scenery was amazing but combining 17km or so with some horribly steep climbs meant we were more than happy to get to the end! Part of the river walk there is no trail so you have to catch a boat (one of those ‘pushed along by a guy with a large stick’ types) which was fun and i even understood most of the German! Kinda surprising cos i’d thought i’d replaced it all with Czech :) We were still technically in Czech Republic but we pretty much only saw German tourists while we were there. The pics here are the trail markers we have been following all over the country side (aaaand sing it with me ... “like the leyland brothers”! lol) and a pic of Pravčická Brána from the view point next to it. While we were up there we saw them pulling up supplies on a giant pulley cos there are no roads to get here! Feeling verrrrrry sorry for the people who have to hike to work every day :P
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holy cow.. i can't believe we were both in the same place at the same time!! it was such a beautiful walk and the cold beer at the cafe thingie at the start of the red stage of the walk was very welcome. also the warm weather is more than appreciated.
consider yourselves hereby officially invited to stay at my (small) apartment in kraków should you be planning on visiting my lil part of the world.
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