Plzen
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The city that produces one of the best beers.
I had decided to take a break from Prague for a while and moved to a city in the Czech Republic that was not to far from the capital and not so busy. this city was Plzen. It is a small city km from the German border and a different atmosphere compared to ...
The home of Pilsner!
We stopped in Plzen for the main reason that most people probably stop there - the brewery. Plzen is famous in the beer world for being the birthplace of pilsner beer. So, we went for a night/day and visited the brewery which has a pretty cool tour. They ...
Bilance and Summary
Summary a bilanc Po delší době je na čase to nějak shrnout. Zkušenost to byla určitě výborná, ale vzhledem k tomu, že státu odvádím stále větší daně, musel jsem často kontrolovat stav ...
courte soirée à Plzen (avec des accents ça aussi)
Nous sommes arrivés à Pilsen vers environ 7h15 - 7h30... Donc, pas de niaisage, nous sommes allé faire notre check-in à l'hôtel et nous avons demandé où on pouvait manger une bonne bouffe tchèque et boire une bonne bière. Il nous a ...
Plzen
Plzen is famous for being the holy birthplace of the Pilsner beer - the world's first lager. Unfortunately we didn't have enough time to make the brewery tour, but managed to get a few snaps of the Bohemian Old Town ...
Week 4. Weekend of drinks... mineral water to beer
... y ver un poco más del país, así que estuve el fin de semana en Karlovy Vary, Marianske Lazne, Cheb y Plzen. Espectaculares... los primeros dos eran los spas de la época del imperio austrohúngaro. Karlovy Vary es espectacular, pueblito en la ...
Kautsky Family Heritage
... similarities to the Indiana farmland I call home. I am glad we made the journey to Bohemia, or what we today call the Czech Republic. I now understand a bit of where I come from. I had hoped to find some grave stones with their names, or dreamed ...
Beer Me!
Today was Beer Day. We signed up to go to the Pilsner Urquell Brewery in Plzen (pronounced Pilszen). It is about a one hour drive from Prague. There is also a museum there and some caves about ½ way there. The tour included stopping at ...
Inaugural Lager Stop
We headed out from Wurzburg, Germany towards the Czech border right after breakfast. Since Byron successfully navigated our rented Opel Vectra from the Frankfurt airport to Wurzburg last night, it was my turn to drive the Autobahn. Wow, do ...
Plzen
... brewery has got to rank as one of the best experiences of my life... We regretfully left Prague yesterday morning and arrived in Plzen around midday. We checked into our beer hall, which I have sinced found out is the beer hall where the first ...
Another day another country - to Plzen we go
... the Germans are good drivers they just got fast, the Italian were crazy! Left early from Munchen (Munich) and headed for Plzen (Czech Republic). Another border crossed another photo missed of the sign (that we entered a new country) and no stopping, no ...
L'origine de tout
... La bouffe était ordinaire mais, ça a bien fait la job de déjeuner. Nous sommes partis "to-the-go" visiter la ville de Plzen. Nous nous sommes rendus au musée de la bière (qui fait partie de l'expérience de la brasserie Pilsner Urquell). ...
Czech Republic
(76 miles) Slowing ourselves down has really helped us go longer while feeling like we are riding less. Today we entered the Czech Republic and found out that the roads are not as nice and little towns are run down. It's interesting the change. ...
In Plzen
... worldchampion of beerdrinkers. 4 beers and cigarettes for only 5 Euro, not bad. First contact with rain, but only thunderstorm. Czech Republik, especially very beautiful Plzen, better said in German Pilsen, seems to be very nice for the first ...
Plzen
... would have, in either event not knowing what the fuck going on sucks, but it also makes it kind of cool and exciting! Plzen as a city was okay, it was nice but not spectacular. There was a major site to see in the town square - ...
The greatest gift ever to bestowed on ...
... my mother having delusional thoughts that the "tea-houses" were a pseudonym for some hash house in the back blocks of the Czech Republic, how on earth would she comprehend that her eldest son had travelled 189 kilometres, a three and half hour journey by ...
The Birthplace Of The Pilsner
... also got a token for a free beer from a local pub so naturally after the museum we had a sample of Pilsen Urquell, Plzen's native beer. Lunch was delicous goulash and bread dumplings for Brendan and potato dumplings stuff with pork for Mish. ...
Plzen
... life and all the family have many happy memories of the time we shared with him. As a tribute, we visited a traditional Czech restaurant that night and strangely there was a meal called 'Grandfather's beef stew'. It seemed fitting that I order it and ...
Beer Fountains and Rivers of Ale? Yes Please.
... and decided to grab lunch in the brewery's restaurant/beer hall. The restaurant was absolutely incredible, huge plates of traditional Czech cuisine with enormous never ending mugs of beer; it was quite possibly the best meal I had during my entire ...
Day 162 : Hard hats required
Not satisfied with one Czech brewery tour this trip, we trekked on to Plzen, the birthplace of the Pilsener beer and completed a round through the beer museum and the cities underground. This was topped off by the mandatory tastings of the local brew and ...
The beer factory trip that wasn't... :(
The same afternoon we wandered around Prague, we took a 2 hour drive down to Plzen, the home of Pilsen beers. We had intended to visit the beer museum and factory, but the old lady at the museum (who coincidently didnt speak english, it seems to be the ...
Pilsen... beer heaven.
Let me first start off with a minor inconvience == the Z and Y are for reversed on this kezboard.. so when zou see me tzpe shit like that.. be adivsed that im not DRUNK.. well at least in this entrz.. well mazbe a little.. anzwazs onwards and ...
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