Up early to pack and eat. Still ended up waiting for Gilles and being the last ones on the bus. Matt was pretty grumpy when he woke up too. We really need some sleep. On the bus by 8:50 and off to the original Budweiser brewery. This tour was interesting but it was hard to hear the tour guide all the time so I missed a lot - we are planning on googling the details when we get home. Back on the bus to the train ride. It was an old steam train. It was a nea...

Since we are constantly on the go and I am updating my blog on the fly I have decided to put what I can in as we go and I will update with more details when we get back and I have time to decompress and actually absorb everything we have done and seen. We are all really starting to fell the affect of being on the go at this hectic pace. We got up around 7 to pack then went down to get a quick bite to eat. We started loading the bus at 9:15 and hit the road arou...

Well I was up before the wakeup call again today but I slept in compared to the last couple of days and woke up at 7AM. Took my shower and then I went ahead down for breakfast before Gilles. I went for a walk down to the river with Jennifer and it started to rain quite heavily but it was still warm. We left the hotel at 10 and arrived at the castle within 20 minutes or so. It was quite the walk up the steep lane to get to the castle - should have been my firs...

So I woke up at 5:30 this morning...don't know why. Took my shower and worked on my pictures. After Gilles got ready we walked to the little grocery store around the corner for some drinks and snacks for the room. We had breakfast around 8 then I worked on my pictures and edited my blog. We got on the bus at 10 and headed to Kromeriz. We went to the gardens of the Emperor Franz-Josef. Poor Garry he had a flare up of gout and he was walking with a pretty goo...

We got back to the hotel around 8 or so and then a bunch of us met in the court yard since it is so beautiful outside - 24 with a nice breeze and no bugs. The police walked by - pointed to their watch and put their finger to their lips...we got the message loud and clear. Forgetting that Sunday still means something over here. We all had to prepick our dinner orders for 2 nights from now. The options were pretty good. I will describe our meals the night we h...