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... part of the plant but one line was running so we saw the bottles scuttle past on their way to being filled.<br><br> We wound our way through the plant and saw a multimedia presentation on the brewing of Pilsner Urquell. They mash it or boil it three times which is unusual. They also hop it three times. Using Saaz hops from the region. A few years ago, there were several natural hops ...

... I would - as they were pretty impressive, but then you all know how to use google!!<br> <br><br>We then had a tour of the fermentation tanks and details of the vital ingreadients (water, malt, special yeast and bacteria...). The tour concluded in obvious fashion - with a taster straight from the keg, poured by the most photographed man in Plzen!!<br>

Today we went to the Pilsner Urquell brewery in Plzen. Pilsner, the type of beer, originated here, where Pilsner Urquell was brewed from local crops and local mineral water. The tour was awesome. We saw the traditional brew kettles and the modern ones, as well as a very modern new packaging plant. We also tasted some unpastuerized beer directly from fermenting barrels.<br>

... we camped at this weird, seemingly abandoned hotel. After we ride miles out of our way to get there this lady tells me in broken few words and mostly hand gestures that we can't stay there it's only for people of an association. I'm not sure if it was my puppy dog eyes or my deadly looks but in the end she let us camp out back. It was kinda weird because we were the only ones there.

... charm, but with a patina of decay, the legacy of communism and several subsequent political unheavals. This country has one of the most fascinating political histories and we look forward to learning more as we explore. We are already crashing our way through Slavic Languages 101. I was getting a little cocky in Germany, where I was starting to get by pertty well after only a week, because there are enough similarities to English to start connecting dots. Well, THAT has certainly ...

... 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 batch of Pilsner ever brewed was sent to be unleashed on an unsuspecting public, so it fits in very nicely with my beer pilgrimage. Over lunch we decided to head straight to the brewery, a short walk away, thus leaving the whole of today to explore the city. The brewery was great, our 'English guide ...

... million passengers and 12,000 trains daily, on 63,000km of track. The longest platform in the world is 2.7km at Kharagpur. (SW of Calcutta) From Jammu Tawi in the NW to Trivandrum in the south takes 72 hours - 3,751km. About 100,000 so called key workers each check 7km of track every day. The comment that has been thrown at me is that I will be spending almost all the time on trains. This is only true on one journey from Calcutta to Madras (1,600 ...

... 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 of finding some welcoming extended family member to share stories of the past. In reality I doubted that would happen. The people I did talk to were nice and made me even more grateful I made the journey. I appreciate the get togethers the Kautsky ...

... beer the way they do in the states, and beer bottles have a return value of about 3kc ($.12). One day we saw a mother taking her baby out in the baby carriage and she stopped at the bins with her load to be recycled. Parents take their infants everywhere. Our friend Ron Klug told us that there is a popular belief in Slovakia that babies ought to be outside in fresh air a few hours a day. Apparently people believe that here as well. Sometimes they are in slings or papooses but ...

... about 4 oz?) We enjoyed BG and Patrick's company very much. They had many recommendations and helpful hints for us. At 5:30 we met our rental agent to look at an apartment near Wenceslas Square. We were impressed. It is a good possibility. 29 October-Wednesday Met our rental agent at 10:45 to look at two more apartments. She really ran us ragged and tired Fred out. So much so that he couldn't go back to look at the one we saw last night. We are getting our walking in. One ...