Schlosshotel Mostov Cheb

... some awesome wurst and sourkrawt. I had 6 wurst, about a pound of kraut and 2 pieces of bread and another liter and half of beer. It was a very traditional Bavarian dinner and I can’t tell you how good it was and how much more I want to eat this every day. So after dinner we sat and drank a little bit more and talked about my travel and family. This was really cool getting to know my extended family from Germany.

... pan and cook our first dinner this week, so not all bad.

in karlovy vary we buy the teeniest tiniest cup and try some water from every fountain. some taste like blood and we wonder if we have reached dracula country early. oh well, at least we will probably live a few extra years according to the, ah hem, medical advice.

... the whole hotel is empty! We get room 16 on the 3rd floor. We go up to see it and when we open the door it smells of smoke, so we go back down to ask for a non-smoking room. We are now on the 1st floor in a non-smoking room. It is huge. All the furniture looks hand-crafted.


We notice the man has several ...

Back in Canada in the Province of Saskatchewan there is Lake Manitou. The water in this lake has lots of minerals, similar to the Dead Sea properties. You float in it. We have been to the Manitou Spa several times and enjoyed the uniqueness of free floating. At the spa they advertise there are only three places of water in the world with the same properties, one being Manitou, the Dead Sea and the waters at Karlovy Vary, Czech ...

... 5.30am. Not having had much sleep on the 11 hour flight it was a bit of a struggle to function like a normal human! But Munich was fantastic, a great combination of old and modern...everyone gets around on their bikes around the city which is pretty cool. Jarrad has spent a fair bit of time in Munich so was great to be there with someone who knew all the places to go. Felt obliged to induldge as the locals do so we went to a great gourmet market and had beer ...

We took a day trip to this beautiful crystal and spa town. It is noted for its water. People come from all over. It is suppose to help ailments of all kinds. There are several places in town that sell ceramic vases to use to drink from the fountains throughout the city. We strolled around for several ...

... where we marvelled at the gorgeous mouth-blown and hand made creations and finally realized the beauty and value of the glasses we had received from Mirek's parents. Despite the high cost, we treated ourselves to a set of glasses like the one's they had gotten us years before and will use and enjoy them even more now. Mirek's extremely generous and sweet Aunt, Uncle and cousin also bought us some so we are looking forward to drinking in style from now on ...

... craftworks. We spent a day walking through the town center the highlight of which is drinking from the 11 natural hot springs (each said to have it's own medicinal properties, but all of which taste gross just at different temperatures.). The center piece to the hot springs is the Hlavni Vridlo(main spring) which is more like a gyser that shoots some 9 meters into the air. K.V. also is the home of the spa wafer or Oplatky ...

I know I know!! .....this has not been edited so read at your own risk Here we go again. Its been a long time between tales so I thought it necessary to let you in on what has been happening since my last entry. So here goes....I must warn you a coffee and some snacks might be necessary to have while your looking through thses pictures as I have added loads ...

... or two nights there.

It is not a big trip actually, if I am not mistaken it is about 2 hours from Prague, however the whole trips is interesting because you drive throuh huge thick forests and hills with beautiful colorful hills on either side of the road.

A place that mustn't be missed!
We left with the best impressions.