The Walk in the Forrest

Who carved this one?

This 115 year old monument left in honor of Jesus Christ stands unobtrusively at the edge of a Srbsko village side street. 




Interestingly, monuments like this are found in every village, some in the most obscured and out-of-the-way places you could imagine.



 

Sleeping Beauty's place







A typical entrance to a typical village home; does this look like something straight out of Disneyland or what?





"Junior Plus" recreational facility



A recreational complex in Serbsko village that hosts everyone from tourists to business executives for retreats.  It has its own cafe and many recreational facilities.





"Grandpa, I missed a
flower for my basket!"



We took long walks on trails and old logging roads through forests.  It is so quiet and peaceful that you can actually hear the echos of bird songs.

2-days later,
no street signs, no GPS, 
still lost; we may be in
Germany, 
this is Carol's idea of a short
walk in the woods!

  On our walks, we couldn't help but imagine streams of royalty trekking from their homes in Britain, Spain, France, etc., through these woods to their summer castles where they would party, hunt, and plot all manner of political and military strategies before returning home.  This land just drives fantasy visions of medieval times in such a manner that you would not be surprised if while on the trail a band of knights rode past at a full-gallop.



"Haven't seen any border
crossings yet."

 (Here you can see a whole stand of young trees because the Czech gov't. requires that on public or private land if you remove a tree, you Will replace it and their forest rangers even use satellite photographs to keep tabs on removal of any and all forest  products.) 



All the king's men
may be watching you
from up there.



When walking in the forest, you never know what lies around the next bend or who is watching you from the vantage point atop the canyon wall's rocks,

 

Help for the tourists
lost in the woods!

when suddenly there's a sign  to let you know that there's a pub just a short distance that'a way.
















The Forest Pub

 Running into a pub in the forest is like encountering a bank, service station, or church in America. 

OMG Justin, its a Harley, a Ford Mustang, and the Hell's Angels!  But, I don't care long as I get a seat and a chance to throw back a cold one.






"Look Sofie, this is huge!"

 

When the girls said, "I want a bar." I said, "me too."

I wasn't thinking ice cream bar, but as you can see it's the little things in life that make us happiest.  Pa had a Kola. 





  


 



Carmel by the Woods!



Who'd a thunk it, but on the way home we came upon a pasture that had been converted into an eight-hole golf course; however, we doubt Tiger Woods or any of his buddies ever play here.