Sunday 21st. April. 48 miles
Happy Easter
Easter Sunday and a relaxed day. My first stop was for a coffee at one of the shack like places on the cycle trail. The barbecue had been lit but nothing cooked yet. Fellow cyclist seemed to be having a beer!
There are dams in places on the river, plus a canal, plus a railway. In Germany there were river cruise boats but not here. Lots of bird sound in the air.At one point a hare ran in front of me. A lot of small farms/allotments along the way: chickens and small fields with just a few cows or sheep. Through small villages. Also cycling through larger agricultural areas with big fields.
I stopped for lunch at a riverside restaurant filled with ordinary families who had cycled there. I know NO Czech, but nice that people try to talk to me! I ordered by pointing at what someone else was eating which I wanted. Did, however, end up with a large beer instead of a small one.
Then to Melnik which is at the confluence of the Labe and Vltava rivers. Am following the Vltava up to Prague.
I did visit Melnik, an old town with the usual church and castle. But a nice atmosphere, the old cortyard was filled with stalls and there was a bouncy castle for the kids Also a wine cellar have seen my first vines of the trip.
Back on the cycle trail I had a short river crossing,a cycle through what appears to be the grounds of a stately home and found my rather ramshackle campsite open.
So at Veltrusy tonight it is only about 20 miles to Prague
Here's a graphic of where I have travelled thru' Germany.
My route thru' to Germany
Will update again soon.
Easter Sunday and a relaxed day. My first stop was for a coffee at one of the shack like places on the cycle trail. The barbecue had been lit but nothing cooked yet. Fellow cyclist seemed to be having a beer!
There are dams in places on the river, plus a canal, plus a railway. In Germany there were river cruise boats but not here. Lots of bird sound in the air.At one point a hare ran in front of me. A lot of small farms/allotments along the way: chickens and small fields with just a few cows or sheep. Through small villages. Also cycling through larger agricultural areas with big fields.
I stopped for lunch at a riverside restaurant filled with ordinary families who had cycled there. I know NO Czech, but nice that people try to talk to me! I ordered by pointing at what someone else was eating which I wanted. Did, however, end up with a large beer instead of a small one.
Then to Melnik which is at the confluence of the Labe and Vltava rivers. Am following the Vltava up to Prague.
I did visit Melnik, an old town with the usual church and castle. But a nice atmosphere, the old cortyard was filled with stalls and there was a bouncy castle for the kids Also a wine cellar have seen my first vines of the trip.
Back on the cycle trail I had a short river crossing,a cycle through what appears to be the grounds of a stately home and found my rather ramshackle campsite open.
Here's a graphic of where I have travelled thru' Germany.
My route thru' to Germany
Will update again soon.
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