Classic little town with an active square and old

Monday, June 15, 2015
Litomerice, Bohemia, Czech Republic
 

 Mon Jun 15
-Laura was up before me as I was trying to catch up on sleep. She wanted to beat the heat, so we were down at bfast when it opened at 7.
-we met three older German cyclists who were friendly n headed to Dresden as well. We ended up giving them our map since we blindly follow GPS. :-)
-we packed up n were rolling before 9. The weather was overcast n cool n we were happy to b in long sleeves. Perfect biking weather n the trail was more clear either because we were further from Prague or because it was a weekday.
-we cruised along making good time w occasional stops to take pictures for Laura's "hat game."  It cracks her up n makes funny pics.
-around 11 we took the suggestion to make the short detour into a town we called Round Nice. Czech towns, words n everything r impossible for us so we bastardize the name into something we can remember.
-it was a good move n despite yet another unfriendly employee at the info center (why work at the info center if u don't like people?!?) we made it to the bike store to replace our lost lock. Laura did a good job of charades n procured a new lock n a bungie cord. It was both funny n quite effective.
-we then ate at the one restaurant that turned out to b tasty. Despite the waiters warning, we ordered too much food including this 4 pound mixture of cheese, potatoes, chicken n mushrooms. Laura did a good job of not hurting herself n just ate the chicken n veggies. So we left behind a good 2 pounds of potatoes.
-we rolled out of town, both literally n figuratively, n continued our trip. More nice scenery although some parts were on roads w more cars than we would have preferred.
-we passed through a particularly depressing town that had housed a concentration camp n decided to continue on.
-we were happy to find out that our town was much more quaint n that our hotel was right on the main square.
-Despite a surely front desk gal, we got settled in n decided to not patronize the hotel for snacks. Instead we went to the recommended restaurant n had a super friendly waitress n some of the tasty local wine. We went down into their cave like restaurant n took some cool pics. Hope they turn out.
-we wandered the town then went back to rejoin our luggage n get a shower n some down time.
-a solid nap then L rallied us to get up so we would not wake up at 4 or earlier. Plus she was hungry. A good call n we found a place at 9 that served salads. Good light dinner to finish a full day.
-home to email, charge, plan for next day n all the maintenance tasks. Off to bed late after a satisfying day.
-elapsed time 5:40 approx; rolling time 3:13; distance 53.7km


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