August 16 - Which Way is West?

Sunday - Jaromer to Chotovice
They had done a beautiful job of remodeling around the old structure but those beams were a little scary in the dark.

Donna's bike glasses broke in half when she tried to put them on this morning. Guess we will have to add a sporting goods store to our agenda for Prague.

We were the first ones at breakfast again.....maybe the only ones. Tomas I served us and he sure looked a lot like his brother

The Labe River separates Jaromer and Josefov.

Josefov was built as a fortified city between 1780 and 1790. It is much like Neuf Brisach in France that we visited 4 years ago. Like most of these, the decisives battle took place elsewhere.

The walls did tend to capture an era however.

St. Nicholas Catherdral was built in the 14th century

This wall has underground rooms that housed soldiers in the day.

Not only has pizza conquered the world but Hawaii has too. This one is for you, Cameron, Meagan, Tia and Alana.

This is adjacent to the shrine above.

It has been cloudy all day,  warm and humid. After coming out of the mountains into grayness we are having a hard time getting our brain compasses oriented. We have been off by 90 degrees all day.

We've ridden over so much of these pavers that it was interesting to see how they install them.

Those look like greenhouses but they are actually nets covering a whole orchard.

Hotel Na Farme was just what it said, a hotel in the middle of a working farm. This is the view from the end of the hall.

The view from our room. It started raining just as we pulled in, Thunderstorms rolled in and out the rest of the evening.

They definitely cater to families.

The coffee was perfect....

....and the food was delicious. They use as much of their own meat and produce as possible. It seemed like the perfect place to spend daughter Megan's birthday, since she has worked with Farm to Table programs.

Really Mom, I'm not ready to leave yet! (at least that's how we interpreted his Czech)