howdy friends,
so — for those of you who have not already heard, i am actually still here in the czech republic, and very pleased to be here.
i was supposed to go home on monday morning, but Karen has asked me to stay & lend a hand with some work for Artel, and i was only too happy to stay… so here i am.
the past few days have been great, but the main point of this post is to inform you about the adventurous end of my bohemian journey in Harrachov a few days ago… this place was surprisingly great, and i must say that despite some initial misgivings about whether the lengthy train ride would be worth it, i wound up thoroughly enjoying myself.
the journey was indeed adventurous, including a total of 5 trains and some transfers in very random locations, and when i got to Harachov it was clear that we were way up north (only 4 km from the Polish border), as there was a ton of snow on the ground. this was clearly ski country, and as such it was the only place i visited where it was actually high season.
anyhow, i arrived & caught the bus to the brewery/beer spa/ hotel where i would be staying, with about an hour to spare before my scheduled beer bath and massage… both of which were FAR superior to the nightmare i experienced in Chodova Plana.
i’m a bit exhausted at the moment so i will save more of the details on Harrachov for later — but basically you should know that the spa deal was great, the beer was outstanding, the food was decent, and the live music (2 guys, 1 on synthesizer and 1 on guitar) was amazing in so many ways…
oh, and the next morning i took a tour of the glass factory that really is the reason for both the brewery and the beer spa hotel, and that was fairly interesting…
ok, so for now i am just posting the pics from day 11, and i will provide more details on all of the above, as well as the past few days living as a local here in praha.
Tags: beer, Bohemia, brewery, Czech beer, Czech Republic, microbrewery, pivo, Prague
