Day 2

75km

The next morning we split up again, with half the group taking the flatter road and the other half going over the hills.
The climbs were long and quite tiring, sometimes we had to walk up with the bikes.

There was a beautiful view from the top. Then there were long descents with occasional potholes in the asphalt.
One of us finished the descent with smoking brakes and a loose spoke, but it didn't stop us from continuing.

We met up with the others at 📍Hrad Střekov, had a delicious hodgepodge for only a couple of euros. The weather was great and a cool beer came in nicely. Visitors were greeted by a gallows in the courtyard. 🙈

Already near the border we stopped for dinner at 📍"U Kosti", as usual, great food and nice bitter beer. A cozy place, a haven for climbers. (It wasn't without drama, though. One of the team members had some bonus protein in his food in the form of baked wood fly.)

In Saxony, we stopped at 📍Schmilka and, even though it was getting early evening, we decided to take a walk in the neighboring mountains. We came across massive boulders in the yellow rays of the setting sun.

The village itself at 9pm seemed to have died out, everything was closed and there was no one on the street. Although an hour before, the tourist life had been bustling.

From Prague to Dresden On a Bike

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