between the two main regions of the country, Bohemia (where is prague) and Moravia (Brno where he is), there is the beautiful and green Vysocina.
region of rolling hills, woods, ponds, with a couple of interesting cities to visit.
Since that time still permits last week two Italians are organized for a weekend of exploration in some meta "alternative" in the Czech Republic, opting to see Telc (UNESCO) and Jihlava, which is more 'or less in the middle' way between Prague and Brno
Here is the story authors: Spud and Pedro.
Saturday morning with a painful early, I get up at 7:30 to catch the bus that will take me into town about a hundred kilometers from Brno
Pago (the ticket is usually done directly to the driver, who usually do not Other languages, if not a Czech ...), I get grumpy and I sit down at the bottom of the vehicle, with the hope of recovering a few minutes of sleep during the trip.
Illusion thwarted by a group of students, I think the Poles, who blatantly sit down next to me, speak aloud worse than the English, issuing olezii alcohol heavily each time they open their mouth.
in some way are involved in a kind of 'you've got', you remember the game where if you touched it you have to find somewhere else to 'go'?
Behold, I am basically a girl bumps into your arm and tells me one of these things, but all cover their heads by way of a sloping roof, half asleep, I make a note of the situation, I'll repeat the word and go almost as far from ' driver to find an unsuspecting passenger to whom to inform you that I pass the baton.
are accepted as a war hero while I return to my place.
After this interlude, the music continues to polish the whole hour and 53 minute trip punctual.
Arrival at destination after being passed by Trebic , the town where I lived for about 6 months, this UNESCO World Heritage Site.
From Prague the only means it takes 3 hours as it is little more 'than a village and connections are limited .. then woke up at six and a half .. telling me that I have a three-hour bus to get some sleep '.. having experienced the convenience of traveling on such a half rep. Czech on intercity routes.
Arrival at the station with a little 'ahead, I see the usual parade bus .. then we get a very noisy which left the trail of smoke for 50 yards and seemed to come out of a movie 60 years .. I thought he was going to a destruction center instead stops at my stop, wings attached by hand with nails, glass brown probably never washed in the last 20 years .. driver with the face of those who have seen it all .. and other details that inspired much confidence, but since there were about twenty people in line I make the sign of the cross and follow them.
Incidentally I was also assigned the place - how do you use here on intercity percordi - but the numbers of seats were set so rough we say, some handwritten attacked someone with the tape .. I did not understand well and feeling like those who were in turn looking for the numbered seats .. I give up and I choose the seat less creaky. The air on the bus is not 'just clean .. but after a while 'you get used to, for half an hour the rudimentary air-conditioning system works by heating .. then start shooting cold air .. Okay ... the important thing is to get healthy. Finally, after about thirty stations in remote villages of Bohemia low on time Telc pedro meeting where the bus station.
I am meeting with his partner in this journey and begin to speak and move towards the center, not before, by mistake, since almost the entire periphery of the country.
To be honest, I expected more, the town is really small, there is the castle and the square but very typical spoiled by cars parked on one side ... hmm to all these politicians are incompetent latitude.
Let's take a ride around the historic center, is surrounded by water and offers panoramic view some interesting, but we expected more since the old town is UNESCO World Heritage ...
... until we get to the sports ...
... something that captures our thoughts and ruminations.
'It will be real ice? They will play the league games outdoors? How do they keep it in the warm seasons? ' are the questions that the more we repeat, while two children play cal ... ops ... hockey.
Since the town does not offer much (but in summer there are film festivals and concerts that attract many tourists from neighboring Austria), we head to a restaurant where we eat something, sip a nice Starobrno.
Let's go back to the station to go to the country where we spend the night. For
Jihlava (the name comes from sea urchin, in German) there are only a bus, we lose the opportunity to jump on this huge regional train ...
... but in the meantime, we go to another pub, which gives us emotions ...
The sign is placed outside a building, we get, hall and staircase, an old drunk in a state already tells us something, we kindly understand that we do not understand, we cross the door e. .. poof!
Ritorniamo nel passato!
Anche l'aria era talmente rarefatta che si poteva tranquillamente datare 1968, anno della primavera praghese.
Gli avventori credo non si siano mai allontanati da quel pub da quegli anni, un separe' grigio fumo (immagino sia stato bianco originariamente) divide il locale dalla 'dance-floor' dove con la fantasia rivedo epiche scene di vecchi film cechi.
Ripenso al passato di questa terra mentre ci godiamo una buona gambrinus premium e per non uscire fuori tema, per la gioia di Spud, alla nostra fermata si materializza lo stesso bus (di costruzione cecoslovacca) che lo aveva portato li e sta tornando verso Praga.. stesso autista (unghia rigorosamente sporche di grasso nero) e stesso contorno special in its own way charming. The
we have made a joke, knowing that the journey is short and helped by the beer, but in fact I imagine that it was not easy to get 3 hours of travel in this way.
include anecdotes about our experiences of travel, football and politics, we arrive at the destination. Let
wisely booked from the hostel Spud, this is a 'Ubytování' in fair condition, images used by the worker.
saw the price (140 Kc - about 5 € a head) we expected the same style of the bus .. and instead of 'more' than acceptable, this is a good compromise for money. We do
logging practices with a nice lady but plenty of 'reception' who dares to pronounce our names and you do not save at tips. Our Czech
is put to the test but we manage all things well.
After a nap, we turned a bit 'the city' and not 'a tourist destination but has its charm, surrounded by medieval walls, a couple of cathedrals, a large square down, a few Soviet-style building .. and a huge shopping mall just outside the old town .. and while the semi-deserted streets of the city are the local population ... .. young people and families in particular .. flock to this 'City Park'.
One thing that does a lot to reflect on the times we live .. a bit about how they are 'losing the peculiarities' of local activities' of the so-called 'free time' and the traditional meeting place .. Jihlava agree that it does not offer great opportunities' for entertainment and an air-conditioned place, with shops, boutiques, cafes', fast food, movies, etc.., like many other non-places of the cities' of Europe and the world ... contextualizing .. has a utility function 'of society, even if you can not' will fail to notice that some perverts' environment.
We go for shelter from the rain, waiting to meet a girl who has agreed to be our guide through the couchsurfing site.
When the prevailing boredom was an unexpected show us restores energy.
fact, a likeable child, while his father was waiting inside the bank in the mall, was enjoying making faces leaning against the glass partition, unaware of impending danger ...
like the best video Paperissima, two people heading toward the entrance of the bank, they open the automatic door, which completely crushed the child.
worry, just a little scared, but the stunned face of the child will remain in the memory of those who are writing:)
To be honest, after a moment's reflection, we headed to the rescue of the child forcefully opening the glass door but after realizing it was all right, we have held back the laughter.
Ok, sadism apart, we meet with Agata, nice student, to the hand .. very surprised that our presence in Jihlava. With
you spend a nice evening .. After a big dinner in a restaurant in the center turn a couple of places, one of them in the rankings of the most annoying smoky Czech pub, place it firmly on the podium, with several rounds of beer, rum and various Kofola +, we finish the evening in the meeting students of the College of the City ', a typical Czech local university, bare .. furnished with the bare essentials and self-managed, where young local students dancing and having fun .. with the considerable help of alcohol. Us that we are no longer 'as young people we retreat to the 2.
The company was pleasant, among other things, sharing views about life in Ireland (Republic and Northern Ireland), since all three have proven experience.
In the morning one of the two tourists accuses some physical-technical problem, we walk a lot for a tour of the city 'in the light of day, but we can not visit the Katacomby .. the underground tunnels of the old town .. 'cause this month are only open to group visits.
agree, however, that what we saw is better than Telc.
Around 13 rooms are on the bus to Brno, saluting the traveling companion this time traveling on the bus clean and comfortable student agency .. with attached film, heating, soft seat, hostess and hot drinks, and they point at the next opportunity ... to discover the czech republic ...
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