Weekend in the mountains

We had such a nice weekend. One of the engineers on Brandon's team had a cookout at his house on Saturday. We decided that I would pick Brandon up from work Friday night and we would spend the weekend at a little town on the Czech-Germany border. There is a river, mountains, bike-riding trails and a natural bridge formed in the rock. We headed out Saturday morning determined to see the natural bridge even though it was a 5+ km hike (one way). Little did we know what we were signing up for! We were even nieve enough to think we could take Lydia on the hike with her stoller. Hah! As we came to the beginning of the trail we quickly realized we would need to abandon the stroller in the trees and pick it up on our way back out. This meant that Brandon needed to carry Lydia all the way up (and back down) the mountain.

The hiking trail was strewn with rocks and uphill the entire way. I have no idea how high it was, but it was literally the top of the mountain. It took us about 45 minutes at a pretty steady pace. Once we got to the top, the view was breathtaking. Or maybe it was just the hike that was taking our breath?

Another highlight of the trip was the long-awaited return to the Walmart in Dresden. (Remember Easter weekend when Walmart was closed???). We finally made it and I have to say it wasn't American Walmart. Close, but not the same. The prices were definately cheaper than what we could get in the Czech Republic, but we realized that there really wasn't too much that we couldn't get here in Prague. (Other than Pampers Active-fit with elastic tabs... we purchased 2 value-sized boxes... and bleach).

We came home with our tummies filled with more than our share of coffee and fried foods (did I mention it was the German border?!?). Brandon possibly has pinkeye and Lydia has a whopper of a cold, but we still had a wonderful time.