Cesky Raj

I awoke aching following my mountain climbing and monkey park adventures. I honestly could have done with a nice relaxing day by a pool but we were heading off to explore the rock formations of Prachovske Skaly.
After a breakfast which showed up the difference in standards between hotel and hostel breakfasts we set off for a quick walk around Jicins pretty town centre before our bus. There was a cacti exhibition on which we threw a sharp eye over.
For some reason the bus we were to catch left from a different stop and headed a different destination to the one given online so we had to walk the seven kilometres from Jicin to Prachovske Skaly. This did give us an opportunity to visit some points on the battle of Jicin walking tour but I could have happily lived without knowing which manoeuvres took place in which field. We were well warmed up by the time we reached Prachovske Skaly.
The wife had described the area as a rock city so I was expecting houses hewn into the rocks. What it actually transpired to be was a collection of sandstone pinnacles, passages and caves. We walked around it for a few hours. Climbing the peaks to marvel at the views of the countryside from the top and squeezed through the passages, some of which were a tight squeeze even for my diminutive wife let alone a man of my generous proportions. It was all lovely and peaceful though I could have done without the sight of the fifty something year old women walking around in their bras.
Feeling thoroughly worn out we made sure we caught the bus back to Jicin for a late lunch before we caught our bus.
As we headed to the bus station we could see fork lightening in the distance and were delighted to be stepping on bus just as the first drops of rain fell from the sky.
Our final destination was the town of Loucen, a town so small it wasn't on our map, but we were required to change buses. When we asked at the desk of our connecting station which stop the Loucen bus left from we were told that she didn't have any information which begs the question of what she was doing there in the first place. We were able to figure it out for ourselves. We boarded to the bus and headed to Loucen where there was a castle with five mazes for us to tackle the next day.

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