Blogs from South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 5

Started the day with a good breakfast in Plzen. On to the brewary tour. Initially thought to bea waiste of time, but well worth the time and money. Die ondergrondse kelder was die hoogtepunt. Gevolg deur n tasting vanunfiltered bier. Baie lekker gewees. Daarna val ons in die pad na Ceske Budejovice waar die motorfiets museum is. Baie nice,interessante motorfietse van so vroeg as die 1920's met nicecolle tion van 2de wereld oorlog harleys met hulle gattling guns op. Die stad is duidelik baie armer as die groter stede enmens kan dit sien andie onderhoud, sowel as die feit dat Engels non existend is in die omgewing. Verder met die pad af,is die dorpie Trebon. Gelee langs n lake met natuurlike spa, is dit baie nice. Na lang dag op die pad is ons almal veilig ... read more

PART TWO, CAMP (Miřenice, Czech Republic) The next morning my nose piercing fell down the drain, so I walked over to the center (in shorts and a tank top) to buy a new one. On the way back it started to pour, and pour hard. I walked up the huge hill and got back to the pension completely drenched. The owner was nice enough to drive me to the train station. The trains were late because of the rain, which meant I missed my connecting train…I´ve since learned that Czech trains aren´t very reliable. Also, people in the smaller towns REALLY don´t speak very much English, and they don´t announce what the name of ... read more

With a month left in the Czech Republic, I finally got a student of mine to show me some proper Czech parts of their countryside at the weekend. After speaking in our last lesson about my desire to see some more of the Czech Republic before I go back to the UK, he invited my girlfriend and I to the Orlik Reservoir, an hour south of Prague on the River Vltava, a place he seems to have a love for which borders on the sexual. Calling Zdenek a ‘student’ sound ridiculous to me as it conjures up the idea of him being below me in the ladder of life but he is in fact a successful civil engineer with a seemingly perfect Czech life and English which is arguably better than mine. Actually, hanging around with ... 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

Cesky Krumlov This town appeared out of the trees as a picturesque storybook place complete with castles and tiny tall white houses with orange tilled roofs. I was already in love before I had walked over the quaint bridge we had to cross to get to our hostel. The hostel actually looked like it belonged to the castle complex, I was pretty excited about our new home for the next 2 nights. It was the last bus tour with Joel, my favourite guide so far and just before he left he told us that the hostel used to be a hospital for lepracy and was actually haunted. As I have already lived in a very old minor's cottage with my own resident ghost this didn't bother me, but some of the others were a little concerned. ... read more