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Vissy Brod is yet another quaint Czech village, which like those before, nestles into a bend on the river Moldau and which centuries ago the natives tirelessly toiled to construct a castle and a church, for the rulers and bishops, whilst living in abject poverty themselves. The main religious buildings at Vissy Brod are all
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It’s very cold today and my fingering is suffering. Tonguing is OK. 7.30 am at Vissy Brod
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The day dawned overcast and threatened rain, with a brisk breeze. Rather than face the slight risk of disorientation and frustration on a wet, chilly cycle track, I opted to follow one of the roads. Simple! Yet a day of eternal frustration! What should have been a ride of about 28 km became 51 km!
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This is a memorable World Heritage Listed town, justifiably so. Put it on your list of places to visit. The inevitable consequence is, as with Prague that It is seething with tourists It has a significant number of 5 star hotels out of proportion to the population Expensive craft shops alternate with food shops and
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The L-Club hotel at Hluboka was quite a find, thanks to Trip Adviser. A ground floor bar/hotel with rooms on the first floor! The ambience was distinctly 1968 – if I described lots of dark varnished wood, amber coloured beveled glass window treatments and vases of plastic coloured floral arrangements, you would get the picture?
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I had no idea that this castle was in this sleepy stop over today at Hluboka. What a find! The Hluboká Castle (German: Schloss Frauenberg) is considered one of the most beautiful castles of the Czech Republic and I stumbled across it by chance! In the second half of the 13th century a gothic castle
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The words “nad Vltavou” translate as “on the Vltavou” – hence any old town “on the river”. Pisek to Hluboka nad Vltavou Today was warm but with a couple of rides through cool pine forests (one of which was an “I am bloody lost” experience”), it was the first day that I had to rely
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A few pictures from Pisek to do with the bike. How to store one’s bike in the train luggage compartment, Australian style. How to store one’s bike in the train luggage compartment, German style. As demonstrated by a couple of fellow travelers. Après ride cafe latte – Czech style. Bruce would find this appealing? Czech
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This is quite one of the most delightful villages. It sits on a river and the clean running water provided electricity and a huge malt house that fermented hops to make of course, beer. As a consequence it was one of the first villages in Bohemia to switch on street electric lighting in 1789. This
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Dvorak – of “New World” symphony fame , was an inveterate follower of trains. He was the original Czech train spotter. It was his preferred method of transport, other than when he journeyed to London or New York (naturally), when he was, to his frustration, forced to take a boat! Now thinking this through, how
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