Pisek celebrations
Just got back from a weekend spent in a town south of Prague called Pisek. We visited to spend time enjoying the well known and celebrated annual festivities for the town. The celebrations span the entire weekend and consist of the whole town being overrun by it’s permanent inhabitants and ex locals plus all those people who like to join in any one else’s celebrations. It was a great weekend, we had been invited because one of our friends was born and grew up in the town and his parents still live there. We stayed at hotel Villa Conti and I highly recommend the place, it has 3 stars which I guess is good because the accommodation is excellent and not overly priced. It is situated at the side of a forest so if you wish to spend more time and enjoy nature you have a great opportunity to do so.
We spent Saturday walking about the town and watching the concerts and other entertainment laid on, Czechs are famous for their love of food and drink so many, many stalls lined the streets and should you want to you could taste something from the traditional side of Czech life (mainly fatty meats and sausages washed down with crate loads of beer). Not to mention the sweet foods they enjoy. The town is home the oldest bridge in central Europe built around late 13th century and looks very much like the famous Charles Bridge in Prague, the second oldest bridge. Maybe the one in Pisek was a trial run. At 11pm we settled down on the banks of the Otava River close to the bridge to watch the firework display, and pretty good it was to.
Sunday (today) after breakfast we headed out on a short drive to Zvikov an area just outside Pisek with a small castle, standing on the edge of where the Otava and the Vltava merge, here we took a boat on the river Vltava, the boat trip was about 45 minutes and we ended up at the beautiful Castle Orlik built around the middle of the 13th century. So far this is one of my favourite Castles, but I tend to say that about each one I see as I move on to the next. I like it because it is built right at the edge of the Vltava almost with the river taking on the job of a moat. It’s perched high on the cliffs with fantastic views out over the forests and the river, and at one time was about 60 metres above the water line until a dam was built down river in the 1970s which filled the river more and raised the water level considerably. The river here is used widely for sailing and other boating activities; there are a number of coves in which you can happen across parking areas for your sea/lake fairing craft. We saw a number of house boats and small yachts. http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/orlik-e.htm take a look at the website for more information.
Of course we also visited a couple of pubs to grab some readily available food and beer, with the odd ice cream thrown in to the mix. Another weekend of indulgence and guilt, I suppose I’ll have to get out on my bike more often in the coming weeks to burn up the additional calories.
We spent Saturday walking about the town and watching the concerts and other entertainment laid on, Czechs are famous for their love of food and drink so many, many stalls lined the streets and should you want to you could taste something from the traditional side of Czech life (mainly fatty meats and sausages washed down with crate loads of beer). Not to mention the sweet foods they enjoy. The town is home the oldest bridge in central Europe built around late 13th century and looks very much like the famous Charles Bridge in Prague, the second oldest bridge. Maybe the one in Pisek was a trial run. At 11pm we settled down on the banks of the Otava River close to the bridge to watch the firework display, and pretty good it was to.
Sunday (today) after breakfast we headed out on a short drive to Zvikov an area just outside Pisek with a small castle, standing on the edge of where the Otava and the Vltava merge, here we took a boat on the river Vltava, the boat trip was about 45 minutes and we ended up at the beautiful Castle Orlik built around the middle of the 13th century. So far this is one of my favourite Castles, but I tend to say that about each one I see as I move on to the next. I like it because it is built right at the edge of the Vltava almost with the river taking on the job of a moat. It’s perched high on the cliffs with fantastic views out over the forests and the river, and at one time was about 60 metres above the water line until a dam was built down river in the 1970s which filled the river more and raised the water level considerably. The river here is used widely for sailing and other boating activities; there are a number of coves in which you can happen across parking areas for your sea/lake fairing craft. We saw a number of house boats and small yachts. http://www.zamky-hrady.cz/1/orlik-e.htm take a look at the website for more information.
Of course we also visited a couple of pubs to grab some readily available food and beer, with the odd ice cream thrown in to the mix. Another weekend of indulgence and guilt, I suppose I’ll have to get out on my bike more often in the coming weeks to burn up the additional calories.
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