Submitted by Robert Ley on the 2015 spring semester DIS (Denmark’s International Study Program) program in Copenhagen, Denmark…
DIS (Danish Institute of International Study) offers numerous DIScovery trips throughout Europe, where you travel with other people on the DIS program and follow an itinerary. I signed up for Czech Trek which was a four day trip to Hrubua Skala, a village in the Czech Republic. We stayed in an old castle that has been repurposed as a hotel. The itinerary included all outdoors activities that were fitting to the beautiful area that is the Czech countryside. The trip was an amazing experience. I have never experienced a wilderness that felt so foreign. The giant rock formations and super tall trees were so interesting and beautiful. When people travel to the Czech Republic, they mostly think of going to Prague, which I have been to also and it is undoubtedly a beautiful city. Yet hidden away in the less touristy areas of the Czech Republic are different kinds of sights that are equally, if not more beautiful.
