Quick trip on the bus gets us to JH. We were going to walk 25km today and catch a toy steam train to JH, but (one of the few down-sides of travelling pre-season) the train isn’t running. So it’s good to take the bus, which travels a very similar route. We unpack and then cruise, just walking around as we feel like.
Before leaving, we do a 6km walk out to some WW2 bunkers built by the Czechs to stop the Nazi invasion in the late 30s. very evocative and a pretty extensive defensive line (I think at least 30km, maybe a lot more). Makes you realize that this part of Europe has often been one of competing political interests. The bunkers were an open-air museum, set in forests and lakes and well worth the trip out. While we were there we met some local woman picking and eating what looked like blueberries from these 10-20cm high plants growing wild on the forest floor. We tried them too – yummy! We arrived back to take photos of the square again and found a vintage car and bike rally. Lots of skodas and a couple of MG cars and Jawa bikes including some that looked like motorised pushbikes. All very cool even if you're not really into them.
JH is one of the places we wanted to stay longer at, but we ran out of days. We arrive in the mid afternoon, and the sun is still high and shining on some beautiful town squares and buildings, churches, castle, lake. It’s all the food groups, really!
Quick trip on the bus gets us to JH. We were going to walk 25km today and catch a toy steam train to JH, but (one of the few down-sides of travelling pre-season) the train isn’t running. So it’s good to take the bus, which travels a very similar route. We unpack and then cruise, just walking around as we feel like.
Before leaving, we do a 6km walk out to some WW2 bunkers built by the Czechs to stop the Nazi invasion in the late 30s. very evocative and a pretty extensive defensive line (I think at least 30km, maybe a lot more). Makes you realize that this part of Europe has often been one of competing political interests. The bunkers were an open-air museum, set in forests and lakes and well worth the trip out. While we were there we met some local woman picking and eating what looked like blueberries from these 10-20cm high plants growing wild on the forest floor. We tried them too – yummy! We arrived back to take photos of the square again and found a vintage car and bike rally. Lots of skodas and a couple of MG cars and Jawa bikes including some that looked like motorised pushbikes. All very cool even if you're not really into them.
JH is one of the places we wanted to stay longer at, but we ran out of days. We arrive in the mid afternoon, and the sun is still high and shining on some beautiful town squares and buildings, churches, castle, lake. It’s all the food groups, really!
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