Hotel Purkmistr Plzen
Selska naves 21/2 Plzen, Bohemia, Czech Republic
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The home of Pilsner!
... very large) basement maze and served us "fresh", unfiltered beer straight from the giant wooden casks. Pretty cool. Other than that, we just "czeched" out the town square that was having some sort of fair, and ate some delicious sausages and had more of the local beverage, before catching a night bus out of town and into Munich.
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L'origine de tout
... Ils ouvraient seulement à 10h alors, nous nous sommes rendus à la place centrale de la ville. Là, se trouve une jolie cathédrale. Il était possible de monter dans le clocher alors, nous y sommes allés. Après avoir gravi les 300 quelque marches sans mal (bon, je l'avoue... on pompait un peu!) nous avons pu admirer la vue sur la ville de Plzen. C'est encore une fois bien joli.
Après ceci, ...
The Birthplace Of The Pilsner
... Underground which is a 17km network of tunnels under the Old Town that was used over the centuries for cellars, town defence and communication in times of siege. Last on our list for todays day trip was a tour of the Pilsener Urquell Brewery. The tour was really good and took us into the bottling plant where we got to see beer being bottled and canned, labelled and quality checked. It ...
The Austrian Connection
... her towards the German border, we thought we would see a new generation of Austrians finding their way to the antipodes to meet their cousins. We certainly hope they do. The mountains rose in front of us, intimidating 20 kilometres away, and Just Sue romped up through the low valleys heading for the high country. I think she could smell the Alps up ahead.
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Mmmmm Beer!!!
... area is still used to produce beer in the barrels which can only be tasted at the brewery tour or the on site restrauant. Before we left the cellars we sampled the final product...... Mmmmmmm beer is good.
We finally left the brewery and headed towards Prague, an hour later we were at our hostel. From our window it was approx 3.0m to the goal line of the closest football pitch. ...



