Blogs from Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 3

Next up on my journey on the well-trodden path is one of Eastern, um, I mean Central Europe's (sorry, Czechs, my bad) most beloved tourist traps. Český Krumlov is the Czech Republic's second biggest tourist draw, after Prague, of course. Austrians hop over in droves, so do Germans, Russians, French, Italians, and, like with all other European snow globe towns, Chinese and Japanese. Before I get there, however, I stop by at České Budějovice, also known as Budweis. Ungh, one of those things where I think "Do I really have to explain that?": Budweis is the home town of one of the best Czech beers (which makes it one of the world's best beers by default), Budweiser. Apparently, they've been having some copyright issues with a beer of the same name, which is brewed in the ... read more

Today we were up bright an early after a night of NO sleep due to a very very loud chain saw snorer in our dorm! No dorms, never again! It was so so painful! The other girls managed to sleep a bit but unfortunately I didnt at all so needless to say was not in a great state to start the day heading to Cesky! But was very excited as we all had high hopes for this lovely lil place! We got up and got a taxi at 8am to the station where we needed to get the 9am bus. the lady at our hostel said not to get tickets cos it was a sunday and we wouldnt need them. But very quickly the platform start piling with asian tourists and we were told the bus ... read more

An diesem Tag bin ich auf den Schwarzen Turm in Budweis gestiegen und habe die Aussicht auf den Marktplatz genossen. Anschließend bin ich nach Krummau gefahren und habe mir dort das Schloß angesehen. Beides war sehr sehenswert.... read more

Quite often a hurried day trip for visitors, Cesky Krumlov (the pronunciation is a bit difficult) was a world away from the other cities I had visited to date. My goal was to visit as many places as possible, no matter how big or small! The old town, with Renaissance and baroque buildings, is crowned by a stunning castle and surrounded by the Vltava River. In my lap around the small town that only took me an hour, the sun was shining, autumn leaves were falling and there were no crowds. I was surrounded by green mountains, the calm (mirror image) river and church bells ringing. I felt like I was in a bit of a fantasy land and at this point I fell in love.. with Cesky Krumlov that is! (I hope the last line ... read more

Today I left Prague and headed about 3 hours south into the Southern Bohemian Region to a place I would discover is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited. No wonder it was Unesco World Heritage listed in 1992. The place is beautiful in a real picture postcard way. The guy at the Prague hostel advised me it would not be necessary to book the Student Agency intercity coach as it was mid-week and there are not many tourists around. Well apparently he had not heard that the whole population of Japan was visiting the Czech Republic and they had chosen today to transfer from Prague to Cesky Krumlov - just like me. However, unlike me, their accommodation (probably quite a step up from my humble hostel) had advised them to pre-purchase tickets. ... read more