Day 79: Cesky Krumlov

Date: Sunday 15^th June
Staying: Cesky Krumlov Zentrum
Distance Travelled: 161.4 Miles
Song of the day: It’s Not Unusual – Tom Jones

We had an unusual problem today (well, unusual for us) in that we couldn’t decide which camp site to go for out of 3. If you have been following our blog, you will see how we usually have trouble finding any campsite at all. Being Sunday, the public transport was not running, and the closest we could get to town was 4km out. But it was like a ghost site, with no-one else parked at all. We learned later they had all driven into town. Oh well, at least we got some exercise.

Our destination was Cesky Krumlov, which is listed as a World Heritage site, and it is easy to see why. The place is small, with the central part based on an island, and an unusually shaped castle on the mainland. We took a walk through old cobbled streets, with unusually decorated houses/buildings, which can only be described as quaint.

We hit the main square and sampled a traditional Czech lunch (unusually, mine consisted of a fair amount of meat), before doing some shopping in the boutiques. After a few hours we headed back out via the castle, which has a couple of Bears living under the access bridge. They looked pretty bored it has to be said, and sad to see them caged up. We made the 4km trek back to the campsite to find we had been joined by some other wanderers and were not going to be by ourselves.