After a lovely morning sail up the Elbe River, we arrived in Bad Schandau and disembarked around 10:00 am. Bad means spa. In the 18th century a healing spring was discovered in the area making it a popular tourist spot. Here we loaded buses and began our trek to the Bastei in the heart of Saxon Switzerland National Park.
Shortly before we reached Bad Schandau, we saw Königstein Fortress up on the hill. The landscape of Northern Germany along the Elbe was very open and quite flat, yet very green. In contrast, the area south of Dresden has sandstone cliffs, wooded hills and picturesque villages along the river.
We had a bit of a climb to get to Bastei. Along the way our driver navigated very narrow and winding roads though a charming village. This woman was peering out her window to see if our gigantic bus was really going to make it.
We had quite the panoramic view in Bastei. Here we are looking down on Bad Schandau, the village on the right. Our ship, waiting for a new group of travelers, can be seen as a small dot on the shore.
This area is know for its sandstone cliffs which are over 100 million years old.
We finally arrived at our destination in Prague around 5:00 pm. Other than walking to the ATM to get Czech Koruna (1000 CZA = about $58), we haven’t had time to explore the city yet. Tomorrow will be a very big day for that!
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