Forest in a city??

That's right...there is a forest with the city of Prague. The park is called Sarka (sounds like Sharka) and is not far from our apartment. I know I say that about everything but it is true, most things are not far from where we live. Today I decided to take a run up to Sarka. It was a tough run since getting to Sarka is all up hill but it was worth it. I didn't make it to the main part of the park but I entered into the woods and had fun running there. I ran up to around where I knew I could get into the park but I wasn't sure exactly where so I asked a woman near the bus stop, "Prominte, kde je Sarka". She responded in Czech with hand signals so that I would know where to go and off I went. Prague is just filled with peaks and valleys and Sarka is at a peak so as I got into the woods I had the option to head down hill or just stay on top. I decided to stay on top since after running all the way up hill to get there I didn't want to make a steep decline. I ran along the path and came across two playgrounds which are always good to note so that I can take the kids to different playgrounds. There are a few look out points where you can see over the valley on the other side of Sarka. It was really pretty to look out but weird to think I was up so high. The only funny thing about the view is that there was this one glass skyscraper. I had to wonder what company it was and why they would build a building so out of character with its surroundings. Anyway I continued on through the woods hoping I would find a way out but everytime I thought I had found one it would turn out to be someone's back yard. I eventually had to turn around and backtrack to an area where I knew I could get out. It was fine to back track since it just allowed me more time to stay in the woods. After coming out of the woods I ran in the direction I thought I needed to run. Having no clue where I was I just kept running down hill since I knew I had to go down hill to get back to our apartment. I eventually came out to a familiar area and continued home. It was a good run and one I will do again just to be able to run in the woods.