Fabulous weather – hot, blue skies, and off we go. So far we have been on towns on pretty flat, forested, country, but today we go ridge climbing, hard yakka climbing about 400m straight up onto a limestone ridge with a ruined castle. Worth it to get there, but the 1.2km was a slow grind. David found plenty of opportunities to take photos! You can see the castle ruins in the back ground that we climbed to.
Along the top, the going was much better. Fabulous views of the plain and lakes formed from damming the main river round here (Dyje, said, we think dee-yeah). Met our first English-speaker for the whole trip – his name was Grant and he was from Waipawa! Apparently very few kiwis make it round here – he was married to a local Czech, taking the kids out for a walk (!).
David has rather stupidly (this is he writing!) developed a blister, from yesterday, when he wore his jandals for a 5km trip around the lake to the minaret. Sore, and it’s slowing us down a bit. [Random factoid for those of you interested in the technical details of the walking].
So to Mikulov, yet another superb little town. On the country road coming in, 115 motobikes in single file race past us. Incredible – from total quiet to total noise and back again in about 5 minutes. Mikulov itself has what seems to be typical for places these parts – an amazing square with 500-year old buildings dotted around it, a central fountain with statues, a huge castle (on the hill, if there is one and some amazing churches. We hang out in a restaurant on the square watching life go by and thinking to ourselves, it doesn’t get a lot better than this!
Photos to follow when time permits
Along the top, the going was much better. Fabulous views of the plain and lakes formed from damming the main river round here (Dyje, said, we think dee-yeah). Met our first English-speaker for the whole trip – his name was Grant and he was from Waipawa! Apparently very few kiwis make it round here – he was married to a local Czech, taking the kids out for a walk (!).
David has rather stupidly (this is he writing!) developed a blister, from yesterday, when he wore his jandals for a 5km trip around the lake to the minaret. Sore, and it’s slowing us down a bit. [Random factoid for those of you interested in the technical details of the walking].
So to Mikulov, yet another superb little town. On the country road coming in, 115 motobikes in single file race past us. Incredible – from total quiet to total noise and back again in about 5 minutes. Mikulov itself has what seems to be typical for places these parts – an amazing square with 500-year old buildings dotted around it, a central fountain with statues, a huge castle (on the hill, if there is one and some amazing churches. We hang out in a restaurant on the square watching life go by and thinking to ourselves, it doesn’t get a lot better than this!
Photos to follow when time permits
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