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Day16
an 8:30an start today to travel our 278km to Cesky Krumlov. The weather was clear so the wet weather riding gear was packed in the topbox and we set off through peak hour Prague traffic. We were becoming very practiced at holding a tight formation in traffic.
We rode towards Slapy then on to Obory before stopping for morning coffee at Milini. The waitress seemed particularly grumpy and so un like the other service people we had come across.
We then continued South on som magnificent riding roads through Lnare, Velky Bor, Horazd Ovice and Susice. Before reaching the Sumava National Park. This undeveloped area was not saved because of its beauty but for strategic reasons after the raising of the iron curtain and the following Cold War. It was declared a "No Go" area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0uma va_National_Park
On the southern edge of the park we stopped for lunch at Modrava Resturant. Our tour guides speak several languages. However, Czech is not one of them. So when we arrive at a resturant our guide usually finds a language in common and we place our orders through him. At this particular resturant Tomaz our guide established that the waitress spoke German so our orders were placed with some difficulty through Tomaz in German. As it went around the table Olga and Steve were the last to order.Olga was born in the Czech Republic and although she had not used the language for 30 years, it had quickly come back to her. She ask the waitress if she spoke Czech and she did. So Olga's and Steve's orders were much easier to place. We all sat there dumbfounded that Olga had waited for her turn to order before asking the question.
Although we all felt like a siesta after lunch, we pushed on to Kvilda, Volaty and finally our destination of Cesky. krumlov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk %C3%BD_Krumlov
Our hotel for the night was Hotel Gold just over a small bridge from the old city.
The small medieval town of Cesky ``krumlov was built on a loop in the River Vltava which ran around the castle from 13th century. The river thus forming a natural mote on 3 sides of the town.
This is definitely a picture postcard city with its compact size in the old town producing many interesting building lines along its very narrow cobbled streets and laneways. This city just had a good feel about it and it was a pity that we only had one night to explore its beauty.
Dinner was at the "Motorcycle Museum Resturant" where we once again were fed to excess.
an 8:30an start today to travel our 278km to Cesky Krumlov. The weather was clear so the wet weather riding gear was packed in the topbox and we set off through peak hour Prague traffic. We were becoming very practiced at holding a tight formation in traffic.
We rode towards Slapy then on to Obory before stopping for morning coffee at Milini. The waitress seemed particularly grumpy and so un like the other service people we had come across.
We then continued South on som magnificent riding roads through Lnare, Velky Bor, Horazd Ovice and Susice. Before reaching the Sumava National Park. This undeveloped area was not saved because of its beauty but for strategic reasons after the raising of the iron curtain and the following Cold War. It was declared a "No Go" area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0uma va_National_Park
On the southern edge of the park we stopped for lunch at Modrava Resturant. Our tour guides speak several languages. However, Czech is not one of them. So when we arrive at a resturant our guide usually finds a language in common and we place our orders through him. At this particular resturant Tomaz our guide established that the waitress spoke German so our orders were placed with some difficulty through Tomaz in German. As it went around the table Olga and Steve were the last to order.Olga was born in the Czech Republic and although she had not used the language for 30 years, it had quickly come back to her. She ask the waitress if she spoke Czech and she did. So Olga's and Steve's orders were much easier to place. We all sat there dumbfounded that Olga had waited for her turn to order before asking the question.
Although we all felt like a siesta after lunch, we pushed on to Kvilda, Volaty and finally our destination of Cesky. krumlov
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cesk %C3%BD_Krumlov
Our hotel for the night was Hotel Gold just over a small bridge from the old city.
The small medieval town of Cesky ``krumlov was built on a loop in the River Vltava which ran around the castle from 13th century. The river thus forming a natural mote on 3 sides of the town.
This is definitely a picture postcard city with its compact size in the old town producing many interesting building lines along its very narrow cobbled streets and laneways. This city just had a good feel about it and it was a pity that we only had one night to explore its beauty.
Dinner was at the "Motorcycle Museum Resturant" where we once again were fed to excess.
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