Walk in the park

Ian and Emily left this evening for a few days in Paris. The bus to the airport leaves from our area, so we showed them the stop and rode along with them to their departure terminal. Once they were set standing in a LONG check-in line, we headed back into the city.

Seasoned travelers!

On our way back from the airport, we stopped at a park called Divoka Sarka. We blogged about this park last year. It is a huge wilderness area on the edge of the city, not far from our flat.

Today, we followed the path past some beautiful wheat fields...

We found the sheep that normally run wild in the park loosely corralled on top of one of the cliffs.

Tom's enjoying the scenery below....

Now where did that path go?.....

We enjoyed the beauty of many wildflowers, and I discovered some heather! I have never seen it growing in the wild before.

We decided that this must be a Czech trail marker....

but this is the trail we followed. About half-way down a steep cliffside, we decided that this trail was actually for the sheep, and we headed back up to the top and the safety of a wider, gentler trail.

One thing we really appreciate about the parks here. Trails are well-marked, and garbage cans are provided in many strategic locations, so that the area is fairly litter-free.

We wandered about as the sun sank lower in the sky, and decided we had better head for home before dark.

Just as we rejoined the road to head back to the bus stop, I heard rustling in the underbrush beside us. This little guy was out looking for his dinner. What a treat to finally see a hedgehog in the wild.