I recently got a chance to go to Czech Paradise with Daniel and Will and Cail Robbins. It was a bit of a reward for making good head way on the video. We left out from Wills house last Saturday (April 11, 2009) and drove north for about an hour. I had heard Will talk of Czech Paradise, but I did not expect it to be so big! It is huge and has a bunch of little villages in it. First up on our adventure we went to visit Kost Castle.
Kost Castle is beautiful and a really neat place to visit. We went on a tour of the castle and then had lunch at the bottom of the castle. Lunch consisted of a Euro Dog which is a hot dog in a hollowed out bagette. They are good. And Kofola to drink. Kofola, or Communist Cola as I call it, tastes like over-caffeinated Coke with a licorice taste. Not very good. So, after lunch we drove to Prachovské Skály.
Prachovské Skály was amazing! We walked through all these different rock formations and even did a little climbing! It was a blast! Many Czechs come to Czech Paradise to go rock climbing because there are so many beautiful rock formations to choose from. We climbed around on the rocks for a while and even Will got into the action! So, after we had our fill of rock climbing (yea right, we were just wanting to head to another place! I can never get my fill of rock climbing!) we got back in the car to drive to another place. We were heading towards the place when Will realized that the car was on empty and the E light was on. Shortly thereafter, the E light started blinking! No sure why, but it wasn't good. So we headed to a nearby gas station to fill up before heading to Trosky Castle.
We hadn't planned on going to Trosky Castle, but to a place where we could continue rock climbing. The only problem was that we didn't know where the other place was and after a failed attempt and help from some Czech bicyclists, we ended up just going to Trosky Castle. It looked pretty awesome from the outside. Too bad that's all we got to see because it had closed at 5 and we were an hour late. Oh well, we snapped some pictures of the outside the the surrounding countryside and then got in the car to head home. It was a great trip and I thoroughly enjoyed myself! It is amazing to me how Czechs can have a place that nice and not believe in God. He is revealed in creation and this is some of His best work yet!
Kost Castle 1
Kost Castle 2
Český Ráj 1
Český Ráj 2
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