Monday 13 August 2012

Mon. 13 Aug. Brna nad Labem to Usti nad Labem.


Last night we stayed at the Hotel Srdicko in Brna nad Labem. It was our most expensive stay so far but the room was slightly better arranged than any we have had before. The hotel has a restaurant attached which has an excellent chef who regards each meal as a work of art. (He speaks good German and English.) We shared pancakes for dessert and they tasted and looked fantastic. The breakfast on the other hand was no better than we have eaten at many cheaper establishments. The downside of the location, more so for the accommodation than the restaurant, is that it lies just beside the main rail line to Germany. 

An important note for any who may approach the hotel on foot or cycle..... There is a safer way in and out of the hotel. Don't divert up the main road as we did! Continue along the cycle track until you see signs to the hotel. There is a quiet route which heads uphill under the railway track and comes out at the restaurant.

We left the hotel late, 9:45, and had a pleasant and leisurely stroll into Usti passing the ruined Schloss of Strekov on the way. It was only a 6.5km walk so we arrived about 12.00 and have to hang about until our hotel opens. 

The information bureau in Usti has a very good display of the LabeElbe cycle route, with the route we have walked in the Czech Republic described in great detail.

Usti is the 1/8th largest city in the Czech Republic and is more industrialized than most towns we have visited and also more Westernized. We find it interesting that there seem to be more obese people here than in the smaller towns we've visited. We've also seen our first McDonalds and first KFC since Prague.

We are writing this whilst waiting for our hotel to open. We are sitting in the square opposite a Marks and Sparks :)

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