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Plzen and pilsner
It's still October but the forecast is for snow in Cesky Krumlov in the next couple of days. Unfortunately we are moving on to Plzen today, although we do hear that there is a still a chance of snow there as well. Our bus for Plzen left at 915am, so we were up relatively early so we could be at breakfast on the dot of 8am, stuff ourselves and still make it to the bus-stop down the road on time.
Plzen is a town of 175,000 (yes, thats ...
Too Many Brewery Tours Are Never Enough
... way interested in what the guide had to say and chatted amongst themselves but each to their own I guess.
We saw the production line and then ventured into the labyrinth of cellars before finally reaching the ultimate goal of a sample of the good stuff from one of the maturation casks.
The benefit of sitting at the front of the class was realised here as we were both able to grab our tasting cup from the tray holding the big plastic cups.
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The only living American in Plzen
... back to the bar to meet up with our pub crawl.
This pub crawl takes place in Prague every night. And we learned later that it's not even the only one in Prague. Ours was on a Thursday and it was still packed by the time we started at 9. As promised, the bar was open for free beer and vodka for one hour and we had a chance to meet some other Americans, Scottish and Englishmen, and of course Australians. It was fantastic to finally have some human ...
Pilsner Urquell Brewery
We traveled from Brno to the famlous Pilsner Urquell Brewery in Plzen Czech Republic. Once more a tour - photos only allowed if you paid for the privilege so I became the official group photographer. Lots of history here as the brewery dates back to 1842. Down in the cellars they have you samplw the old method of beer - it was quite bitter - and the ...
Návrat
Ráno začalo úžasně. Pákystánec vystupoval na první zastávce v Německu, takže jsem se mohl konečně trošku vyspat. Probudil jsem se až na Svaté Kateřině u benzínky. Cestou do Plzně jsem rekapituloval všechny prožité zážitky z této cesty a musím uznat, že Island se povedl náramně. S radostí oznamuji, že nyní je Island v mém seznamu ...
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