My husband and I got home a few hours ago. He's napping now. The visit to his sister's house had some nice hours and annoying ones, though part of the annoying ones were more Hubby's and his nephews' faults than my s-i-l's (or I think mine). In any case, I'm sure she was happy for all of us to go home. The nephews live in Prague, Hubby and I further south.

Yesterday my s-i-l asked me to go for "a bit of a hike" with her. She didn't even ask my husband because he always complains the hike is too ambitious. And she complains he's too out of shape and lazy. Good grief! Even I'm not nearly as active as she is and I'm 16 years younger than her. But I agreed, knowing I sort of owed it to her as a thanks for the work she did hosting. She said the hike would be 6 kilometers (almost 4 miles) through the woods. In my head I was like "OMG!" but I smiled and agreed (kinda) enthusiastically. Well, it turned out to be an 8 kilometer (5 mile) hike up and down steep hills through the woods, including crossing a shallow stream, climbing down a small ravine, navigating through icy patches, etc. Two hours in freezing weather through the snowy woods, often not even on a path! I thought I was near death, but didn't let on as much. We did pass other hikers (all with dogs). She's deathly afraid of animals, so I put myself between her and them. And yet, she said she's "not afraid of wild boars", whose signs were everywhere. Um, I think I am a little. She was talking out her butt on that one! Anyway, after we got back, right before dark, she raved to Hubby that I was faster than her. Truth is, at the end I simply wanted to get home. Badly! Plus, I had to pee soon after leaving, holding it for the whole 2 hours. Not fond of doing that in the woods! After showering (I was drenched with sweat), we ate dinner and I literally went to bed at 7:30 pm.