Broumovské Stěny

known as Broumov Walls in English.

After 2 years of resentment because I had to miss all 4 trips that were organized, I finally joined such a trip yesterday.

It's one of my goal, and something I really like to do and at the end of the trip, I must say that I'm beyond satisfied.

Not even the gloomy weather dampen my gratefulness.

The ship and the pig

We started off from train station, greeting new friends.

It's wonderful to exchange our views and knowledge, and yes, to know what happens to our tuition fees.

Anyway, the Czech student don't have to pay for their tuition.

And the reasons why we international student have to pay for our tuition and the reason why it keeps increasing in subsequent year is because, those money is what that keeps the faculty going.

Allocation by government wouldn't buy us those expensive toys (read: machines), and what is a medical school without expensive bulky machines.

Anyway, we hopped on two trains and then a bus to literally nowhere and began to go into the woods.

Pure, total nature!

~I'm the one who would go into forests, waddling into streams and lost between the trees instead of wandering the streets of Paris or go shopping in Prague.

First leg of the journey had me panting and my junior vomiting.

Luckily we have a vojak(he's a student sponsored by army force) in the group who helped us carry her bag.

I'm envious of the Czechs of course.

They are very fit and well versed of the nature.

Which means

~ they are ready to go when we just arrived and want to take many snaps (anyway, really they don't snap as many pics as we do)

~ they can stand at the end of the stone overlooking the planes down there and not having anyone to tell them "be careful!" endlessly

If you get what I mean

We had soups and pancakes at this chateau which have games' skins and horns on the walls, with big fireplace crackling behind our table and dark carved woods.

And for the cucur that I made, it's unbelievable that the tupperware got empty in no time.

Everyone had one at least, and no one have problem with the chillies in it.

The final leg of our journey was more slippery.

And when you are on a slippery trail I have an advice from my experience.

Never ever have PDA in front of anybody.

Do it when you are walking behind others pls.

Someone may fell and your PDA would be halted. =p

We climb onto this largest stones of all and the wind was blowing hard.

It was very calming up there, with the cool crisp wind on your sweating body.

And what's more, with other people around, enjoying the same bliss.

The stone mushrooms

One of the good things when you are hiking and walking with Czechs is that they will help you to get past those barking dogs.

I'm ok with dogs as long as it don't barks to me and given that it's small.

It didn't help yesterday when most who came along on trips with their owner is as large as a fox.

Oh the Czechs was informed that we had bad experiences with dogs back home.

Out of the woods, we came into 2 cows grazing and a stretch of road leading to glowing sunset ahead.

I know it was not a beautiful road, as stressed by the vojak (he says he can't find anything beautiful about that road)

the trees are bare, the sheeps just a few and there were rusty metal thingies in the fields.

Yes, it's not beautiful at all, but still I feel that it's a road that deserve my affection.

It's simply something in it's own way.

The beautifully agly road

I thought the havoc was over.

We had gone through roots and stones and pebbles and waters but no!!!!

There were two big dogs joining us at the small bus stop and some more people came.

We had a good time waiting with a heartwarming tug of war going on in the bus stop.

I have a good impression on Czechs.

On how they take their small kids on trips with them.

We wonder what is the smallest kid bringing on his small rucksack-his own nappies perhaps.

Isn't that a good idea?! =p

And when the 'bus' came, lo and behold!

It's a big van.

The one that's designed to carry less than 20 people.

The 'bus' set off with almost 50 smelly people (me included), kids included and 2 big dogs.

Thanks Allah, we survived that ride or else the title for tomorrow news would be something like this

"40 people died and 2 dogs traumatized when an overloaded van turned turtle"

Matthew even spell HELP on the misty window and Martin the leader keep counting the time when we would be free from that 'bus'.

I treat the journey as an experience.

A valueable one.

We dropped off those additions and sped up to catch with the train.

At one time, we were parallel with the moving train (what they did in the movie also happened to me!) and we waved it to slow down (and of course they didn't notice us)

The driver was great and we managed to catch that train and didn't have to sleep in the small train station.

I parted off, happy with the day that gave me many new insights, valueable experiences, new acquaintances and lotsa ponderings.

The nature is indeed great to be with and I'm already thinking about the next trip, hoping that I can join it and have my studies alright.