Blogs from Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic, Europe - page 14

I forgot to put the photo of the Kathe Kollwitz memorial sculpture in the last blog so it is the first image this time and a reminder that we left you at the ruined memorial church in Berlin. Since then we have feasted our eyes on wondrous church architecture in three countries. From Berlin the first stop was Quedlinburg, a town with roots back the 900’s to a time when Kaiser Otto 1 needed to protect the Empires eastern border and to’missionise’ the local Slavs. Both Deanna and Gerd (who has been there many times) had raved about this small fortified town and after our visit we can understand why and would recommend it to any visitor to Germany. We also discovered a gem of a Feininger Gallery there but more of that at a later ... read more

I liked Cesky Krumlov, but at the time i was there was durin low season and there wasnt many other people around excep for a high number of japanese tourists , after walkin around lookin at the town, watchin amature hockey games, my time here at night was quite boring and uneventful so id just go to sleep early. nothing very exciting happend here but it was still worth the visit. the place itself is very scenic i liked it.. after 2 nights here id seen enough of the place to leave to Brno.. to get to Brno a needed to catch a packed bus to Ceske Budejovice where i had to stand with my bags on for around 45 minutes unable to move and people pushin and shovin past. it wasnt the most comfortable bus ... read more

There's not a lot to do in Cesky Krumlov, but it is the greatest town ever to just chill out and relax. I can't tell you many people I met here who said they had only planned to be here for a night or two, and had been here four, or eight. The hostel we stayed at has a free keg for their guests every Wednesday night, and wouldn't luck have it, we arrived on a Wednesday. They also had this great big patio with a BBQ. The second night we were there, there was live Bohemian Jazz at the restaurant next door. Sitting on that patio, drinking a Budweiser (the real Budweiser, from nearby Cesky Budjovice, not the American stuff) , BBQing on the grill, listening to the Jazz band, let me tell you, life ... read more

Up again early for the bus. We gave ourselves plenty of time to get to the pick-up point. We arrived in Cesky Krumlov at 11:30, what an amazing place! Hostel 99 was superb, right outside our room were was flowing water over rocks like a moat. Cesky Krumlov is this sweet little town with loads of character! It is surrounded by flowing water and has cobblestone streets. We spent our day roaming the streets exploring the wonderful surroundings with strawberry ice-creams in hand (not just any strawberry ice-creams but the woman put creamy vanilla ice-cream and fresh strawberries in a machine and voila deliciousness on a cone!). We climbed up to the castle for the great view and watched people taking canoes downs the rapids. For dinner we went to this cool motorbike museum/restaurant "Krumlovsky's Myn" ... read more