Hiking in the Sächsische Schweiz

Today, I went on a hike with most of the people in the program in an area known as Saxon Switzerland.  It is a hilly area with a lot of interesting sandstone features.

 On the way there, we passed through several picturesque villages.

When we got to the train station, we had to cross over the Elbe river on a ferry.  After walking through the village on the other side, we realized that we didn't entirely know where we were going, so we wandered along the road until we found something that looked like a trail.  There we found a cave, among other interesting rock features, but no real views.

After leaving there, we wondered on somewhat lost until one of the RAs asked for directions, which led us back to the village we started from through some woods with rock outcroppings.

Once we got back to the village, we found another trail that led us higher up in the mountains to some lovely views.

There were also some stone bridges built into the mountain (I think one of them was the one I saw from the trains)

All in all, it was a lovely (albeit somewhat chilly) trip.  Somehow, I succeeded in taking over 200 pictures.