After passing the many marinas, churches, and ruins on our route we are now firmly in the castle zone. Many of the towns and cities in this part of Europe all seem to follow the trend of castle, old town square, smell of wood burning fires (well at this time of year anyway) and sadly what seems like fewer and fewer of the old eastern bloc vehicles around. Český Krumlov ticked all of those boxes with the added bonus that these non Euro countries offer of cheap living costs. Also cheap is my preferred activity in such places as simply strolling around and looking at a few things that I feel that I should from the town map. Mirka got lucky though as during our stroll we stumbled upon a museum that amongst the boring usual exhibition of yet another ‘troubled artist’ from years gone by that enjoyed painting pictures of naked children was a history of shoes display.
Maybe I’ve been watching too much ‘Sex and The City’ but I actually quite enjoyed it too. Dumplings with goulash, Pilsner Urquell and a warm sleep in what was some sort of accommodation for actors above a theatre finished the day off nicely before braving the cold yet again the following morning.
After passing the many marinas, churches, and ruins on our route we are now firmly in the castle zone. Many of the towns and cities in this part of Europe all seem to follow the trend of castle, old town square, smell of wood burning fires (well at this time of year anyway) and sadly what seems like fewer and fewer of the old eastern bloc vehicles around. Český Krumlov ticked all of those boxes with the added bonus that these non Euro countries offer of cheap living costs. Also cheap is my preferred activity in such places as simply strolling around and looking at a few things that I feel that I should from the town map. Mirka got lucky though as during our stroll we stumbled upon a museum that amongst the boring usual exhibition of yet another ‘troubled artist’ from years gone by that enjoyed painting pictures of naked children was a history of shoes display.
Maybe I’ve been watching too much ‘Sex and The City’ but I actually quite enjoyed it too. Dumplings with goulash, Pilsner Urquell and a warm sleep in what was some sort of accommodation for actors above a theatre finished the day off nicely before braving the cold yet again the following morning.
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