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The day started with a hilarious game of charades with the lady who runs the Pension Wolf where I was staying. I was packing up my bike, and she came out and started motioning to the key. I tried to hand it to her, and she made a "sleeping" gesture. I nodded, thinking that she was asking if I slept well. I nodded, giving a thumbs-up and continued packing. She then made a "pay-me-now" gesture. I could have sworn that I paid her the night before, so I busted out the laptop and wrote "I am going to Teplice today and I am not returning". She slapped her forehead, said goodbye, took my key and I didn't see her again.
After leaving the Pension, I rode through the large-ish town of Nachod. At the other side of the city a bike trail begins right before crossing over into Poland. I got to see my first glimpse of the Old Country before heading back into Czech territory.
My destination was a rock formation called "Teplice Skalny", or "Teplice Rocks" right near the town of Teplice nad Metuji. The road up was beautiful and partly off the highway which made it a nice, slow ascent into the shallow hills.
I stayed at a cheapie pension right at the entrance to the park (about $15/night). Busloads of students came and went the whole time I was there. It was obviously a big destination for school field trips from both the Czech Republic and Poland.
The next day was a rest day, so I stayed up late listening to the latest Best Show podcast and tried, unsuccessfully to make phonecalls on Skype using the pension's 1993-speed Internet.
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